The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin has always been skeptical about the breeding of draught horses. It's not that I'm worried about the inefficiency of drawing horses, but I'm hesitant to implement horse farming in the American colonies.

From an economic point of view, it is best to promote horse farming in the Americas. After all, the American colonies lacked population, but the land was abundant and fertile. More land can be cultivated by using draught horses.

However, Marin has always worried that if horse farming is implemented in the Americas, the strategic resource of horses will inevitably be obtained by the Indians. How terrible would it be if the Indians also made cavalry?

Marin has seen many American Western movies in his previous life. Although the Hollywood movies are very sabi and describe the Yankees who slaughtered Indians as positive characters, I have to admit that the Indians in the Western United States are really good people. Tough. If it is as easy to conquer as the eastern Indians, the United States is now estimated to have no Indians. At that time, the most powerful force of the Indians in the western United States was the Indian cavalry.

The Indians are brave and good at fighting, if the weapons are not too backward, they may not be able to beat the white people. You know, Indian men are basically tribal fighting power. If they get horses and cavalry...

Therefore, Marin has been hesitating whether to engage in horse farming in the Americas. After all, if cattle farming were promoted, it would be fine even if the cattle were taken away by the Indians, and the Indians would never have created cattle cavalry.

After thinking about it for a whole day, Marin finally came up with a solution, that is-if an excellent breed of draught horse like the Belshuren horse is bred, it will be popularized and applied in Europe first. Then, the replaced cattle are sent to the American colonies for application. Then, the horses used on the American continent in the early days were all gelded geldings. Or simply use a mule to pull the cart. In this way, there is no fear that the Indians will get horses and grow stronger. After the Cossack cavalry recruited by Marin was in place, the local Indians were slowly driven out. After the Indians were expelled, the normal horses were slowly introduced. At that time, the Indians had been driven out, and they were not afraid that they would get horses...

After he figured it out, Marin slept soundly and slept until the next morning. After waking up, Malin, refreshed, played a downloaded version of "Book of Changes" in the courtyard of the palace. Ma Lin found that although practicing "Yi Jin Jing", although he can't develop any internal strength, like Wu Qin Xi, it is not a problem to keep himself healthy.

Later, he came to the restaurant, ate 5 beef buns and drank a large glass of milk. As the beef buns for the big guy Marin, the dough of this bun is a little thicker than the dumpling skin, and the stuffing inside is full of beef stuffing with ginger and green onions, which is very refreshing to eat. Of course, the cost is also high. On the other hand, the buns sold by the restaurants under Malin's command were thick-skinned ones.

Speaking of which, Marin discovered a very interesting thing—when he was reading novels in his previous life, some historical novels that traveled through the Tang Dynasty used caustic soda (that is, sodium carbonate) as a time-travel artifact. It is said that after the steamed buns use alkali, it will remove the sour taste.

And the face effect is good. Otherwise, the noodles made with old noodles will have a sour taste.

For this, Marin has also experienced. Because their home made flour and made cakes, they also used alkali, and the effect was really good.

But after traveling through Europe, Marin found that in Europe, people do not use alkali, and the bread made from the noodles has no sour taste. At first, Marin was puzzled and dreamed of using sodium carbonate to save the European diet.

But in fact, only after Marin actually got in touch, did he know that the noodles fermented by Europeans with brewer's yeast were not sour at all. Even better than alkaloids. Because, adding alkaloid, Marin remembers to control the amount. Otherwise, it will affect the taste of the pasta. However, there is no limit to adding brewer's yeast, and it's okay to add more...

That is to say, even without alkali, Europeans can use high-quality yeast powder to ferment high-quality bread. However, brewer's yeast doesn't seem to be cheap. Because it is yeast made from more expensive materials, the price is not cheap, and most people cannot afford it. At present, Europeans make pasta. In order to save costs, many poor people either make hard cakes without making noodles, or eat rye porridge directly.

In fact, Marin didn't know that later, the pasta shops in Huaxia also began to use yeast powder instead of caustic soda. Because, making pasta with alkali, once the amount is not controlled well, it is easy to make the food taste bad. The use of yeast powder is safer, and it can make the fermentation effect better. However, Marin is not from the north, and he does not often eat pasta at home, and he has not had much contact with them. Therefore, he did not know that the Chinese people gradually replaced the alkali with yeast powder bought in the supermarket when making pasta. Only the old-fashioned aunts and aunts still use alkali to make pasta. In addition, those old noodles that have failed fermentation and have a sour taste need to be neutralized with alkali. For new noodles fermentation, only yeast powder is enough, and it’s okay to put more.

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After eating a delicious thin-skinned and delicious beef bun, Marin came to work in the front yard of the palace satisfied. At the same time, I also answer the questions for Da Vinci, who is studying physical chemistry in middle school next door. If you really can't figure it out... just mess around and divert Ada's attention...

Not long after arriving at the office, at about 9 o'clock, another news came from the port of Emden - the governor in charge of opening the Panama Isthmus road, Gollard, sent an envoy to rush back on a boat to report the results to himself...

"Gollard? Report the results?" Marin was taken aback. Because, in his calculations, the cement road in the Isthmus of Panama could not be repaired. After all, it is purely manual road construction now, and there is no road roller to build the foundation, which is very troublesome and cannot be so fast...

It wasn't until the envoy arrived later that Marin knew what Gollard was reporting...

It turned out that what Gollard sent to report this time was not about building a cement road. Not even his own business. He was reporting to Aben, the bald man who built Panama City.

The bald-headed Aben was on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. If he wanted to send a ship back to Europe, he needed to make the ship bypass the whole of South America, which was not cost-effective. Therefore, he asked Gollard to send people to report directly by boat from the Caribbean Sea back to the mainland.

Last year, the bald Aben was ordered by Marin to lead a fleet to bypass the Strait of Magellan, the southernmost point of South America, and travel north along the west coast of South America. On the island, a temporary base was built. Then, send people to land, and cut down all the big trees near the location where Panama City is scheduled to be built to make room.

Until June of this year, I felt that the area near Panama City was cleaned up, and Aben also bought several local tribes with property according to Marin's instructions to ensure that the locals would not make trouble, so he was in the predetermined position. Construction of Panama City begins.

Of course, the first step in building a city is not to build as many cities as possible, but to ensure safety first.

Therefore, Aben's deputy architect Storm, first ordered Marin to equip them with 1,000 black slaves to build a large wall at the predetermined location. After the wall was repaired, the construction of the buildings in the city began.

And this so-called "Panama City" is actually not as big as a community in later generations. Strictly speaking, it is just a dock-like building similar to the Huaxia Haoqiang family. However, everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as this dock is built, Aben and his party can gain a foothold in Panama, and then they can slowly plot in the future.

In the process of building Panama City (or Panama Fortress), Aben and his party met Gollard's men. Gollard's men have cut down all the trees along the cement road where the road is scheduled to be built. Then, Gollard sent someone to contact Aben and his party to confirm the end of the cement road on the Pacific side. After all, the cement road was originally supposed to connect Port Colon on the Caribbean side and Panama City on the Pacific side. If the end position is not confirmed, subsequent road repairs will be troublesome. So, Gollard sent someone to confirm the location.

And Aben's Panama dock was almost built, and it happened to meet Gollard's people. So, he asked Gollard to send a ship back to the mainland, report the construction progress of Panama City, and wait for Marin's next instructions... ()