The Rise of the European Emperor

For Garland's plan, Marin is also very happy. After all, more sugar is a good thing after all. The problem is that maple syrup cannot be made into solid sugar, and it is not easy to be sold publicly.

Because, once it's on sale, consumers will ask -- what's this? How did it come about...

There is no maple syrup in Europe, and everyone will definitely be thinking about the Americas. If you guessed that maple syrup is produced in America, you'd be out of luck. At first, the lords could fight for a few boxes of bees. Now, for a huge amount of maple syrup, it can also cause a national war.

We can’t underestimate the Europeans’ pursuit of honey, not to mention the wars caused by a few boxes of bees in the early Middle Ages. Even in the 17th century, the British did not hesitate to break ground on Tai Sui’s head for sugar cultivation and occupied Barbados as a sugar planting base. You know, at that time, it was 1624. Although Spain lost one time in the Battle of the Sea in 1588, it then encircled London. The real decline of the Spanish Empire began around 1648 after losing the "Thirty Years' War" and the "Eighty Years War" (with the Netherlands). Previously, Spain was a giant of the sea. England could only be a pirate at that time, and daring to seize the island also proved its determination to obtain a sugar production base. Before that, all the cane sugar in England was approved by the Spaniards at 1 shilling per pound, black to death...

Of course, now the price is higher. Because, Spain's sugarcane planting activities in the Americas stopped because of Marin's rumors and intimidation. And opening a sugar cane plantation in Mozambique requires starting from scratch, and the devil knows when it will be scaled up. Now, only Portugal can provide a large amount of sucrose. So, sucrose can now be sold for 2 shillings a pound.

However, because of the advent of the Indian route, the Spaniards suddenly realized that it is more cost-effective to import cane sugar to India...

You know, Indian cane sugar is as cheap as spice, and the purchase price is about 2 pfennig per pound. There is now a heated debate within the Spanish kingdom over whether it needs to open its own sugar plantations in Mozambique. Because, after calculating the cost, the Spaniards were surprised to find that importing cane sugar from India is much more cost-effective than producing it by themselves...

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Europeans are so obsessed with desserts that Marin dare not tell everyone that there are sugar maple trees in Canada, and it is no problem to make tens of thousands of tons of maple syrup every year...

If Marin dared to say this, he would probably provoke Europe to form an intercontinental coalition to beat him and force him to hand over the Canadian colony...

In fact, if there was a way to turn maple syrup into granulated sugar and sell it, Marin estimated that he would send a large number of people to increase the production of maple syrup. After all, what Canada lacks most right now is the sugar maple.

Today, Marin has adjusted Canada's logging policy - only tree species other than sugar maple are allowed. Sugar maple, that's a cash cow. Regardless, you can get a few pounds of maple syrup off the tree every year and sell it for a few shillings, or tens of pfennigs. Even better, you don't need to plow and you don't need to harvest. Get a bucket every spring and drill a hole in the tree...

Marin has become a river of sadness because he doesn't know how to consume maple syrup...

Although it is said that he has added maple syrup to Erguotou, which has been mixed with water, he has created a "royal salute" that deceives money. However, the production of the "Royal Salute" could not be increased. After all, it was for the nobles, and the output should not be too high. Therefore, even if Marin has enough production materials, he does not want to produce more. Then, the next step is to produce compressed biscuits...

But the problem is that although the North Sea country of Marin produces a lot of grain, it is all rye. It seems that wheat flour is used to make biscuits...

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This trouble Marin didn't last long, because the wheat shipped from the Americas came back...

Since he made a mistake in planting wheat last spring, in the fall, Albert came to his senses, shoveled out the half-baked wheat, and replanted another crop of wheat. The wheat that was previously eradicated was turned into base fertilizer to nourish a new round of wheat.

This fall, it's finally time for the wheat harvest. The 60,000 acres of wheat on Manhattan Island also produced 3,000,000 pounds of wheat.

Just when Marin was worried about wheat, Albert's first batch of five ships shipped 5oo tons (1.12 million pounds) of wheat.

Marin was overjoyed and immediately ordered the windmill to get a batch of wheat flour out. Then, he personally came to the imperial kitchen and started researching compressed biscuits...

He first put together the usual ingredients for making crackers - wheat flour, eggs and salt, and then began to make the most common salty crackers...

After the dough was mixed, Marin put the kneaded square cake in the iron mold on the iron baking pan. Marin also brushed a bit of soybean oil on the molds before placing them to prevent the cookies from burning or sticking to the molds.

Then it's time to bake cookies, which take longer than bread. Because the bread still has more water, otherwise it will not be soft enough. The biscuits don't need much moisture, the moisture content is much lower, so the baking time is longer. At this point, Marin handed over to the royal chef to take care of the oven, because they are professional.

By the time the cookies were baked, Marlin had one and felt pretty good. Next, he had the cookies crushed into powder, added maple syrup, and reshaped.

Then, he took out a small screw press built by the forge before, and pressed the shaped biscuits again, and pressed them into very compact compressed biscuits...

Next, there is a further water removal

The process can be exposed to the sun, or you can continue to dry it. In conclusion, further remove moisture from cookies to extend their shelf life.

The last thing is the bagging. After all, this compressed biscuit is for the military and sailors, and the storage must be long enough.

So, Marin took out the oil paper bag that he had prepared for a long time, put the processed compressed biscuits into the oil paper bag, and sealed the oil paper bag with glue. Then, put the packaged oil paper bag on the baking stove for a while at high temperature to further sterilize and ensure that the biscuits have a long shelf life...

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After making more than a dozen bags of compressed biscuits, Marin took out a bag of biscuits and tasted them, which seemed to be not bad. Then, he took out a few bags of test items and shared them with the royal chefs.

In the process of chatting while eating biscuits, a certain royal chef suddenly asked:

"Grand Duke, who are you making these cookies for? Your Highness Caesar?"

Marin shook his head and said:

"No, this is for the soldiers and sailors of the army. During the march and sailing, they eat this as a staple food every time!"

The royal chefs all widened their mouths in surprise...

Marin looked at it and asked suspiciously:

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

The royal chef who first asked the question was the first to respond:

"Of course there is a problem! Grand Duke, is it necessary for ordinary soldiers to eat them? Let's talk about these eggs first. One Finney only buys 3 eggs! You only need 3 eggs to make a few biscuits. This... Can these big bosses afford it?"

Marin was also stunned. He didn't expect eggs to be so expensive...

It's no wonder that before Marin built the kang room, all the chickens, ducks and geese in Europe hatched chicks, ducks and geese by themselves, and the hatching rate was very low. Moreover, hens incubate chicks for a long time, which affects foraging and has health consequences. Even if the hens work hard, the hatchability is very low.

Therefore, the breeding of chickens, ducks and geese in Europe is still very small. Eggs are also a scarce food. Ordinary people, eating an egg is considered a tonic.

Of course, with the promotion of Marin kang houses, the breeding scale of chickens, ducks and geese in Beihai will definitely increase in the future. And the price of eggs will certainly be greatly reduced. However, that will take years or even decades at least. So, for now, eggs are a luxury food. It is indeed very luxurious and prodigal to eat egg biscuits for soldiers.

This is a habit that Marin has cultivated in his past life. He is used to making pastry and beating a few eggs. However, he ignored the problem of lack of supplies in this era... It is indeed a luxury to eat biscuits with eggs for the big soldiers...

"Okay, no eggs will be added to the recipe in the future!" Marin reassured.

"That's still luxury!" The royal chefs were still dissatisfied.

"It's still extravagant? There's only flour and salt left! As for oiling, that's a must... Do you want to mix dirt and sawdust?" Marin was very unhappy. That's military rations, so don't be sloppy.

The royal chefs shook their heads, and then one of them said:

"It's not about adding dirt and sawdust, it's about flour. You use wheat flour for ordinary soldiers and sailors. It's a luxury! You know, one pound of wheat is equal to five pounds of rye! Why not use cheaper rye flour?"

"Can rye flour also make cookies?" Marin was a little stunned. The biscuits he has eaten in later generations seem to be made of wheat flour. Can rye make biscuits?

"Of course! It tastes worse than wheat flour at most, but it can still be done!"

Then, in the presence of Marin, the royal chefs baked a batch of biscuits with rye flour and salt. When Marin tasted it, he found that there was no discomfort except for the slightly burnt bitterness characteristic of rye. And, because there is no leaven, there is no sour taste of brown bread. Although the lack of eggs affects the taste, it can still be eaten. After all, people of this era are not as picky as those of later generations. In this era, as long as you can eat it, everyone eats it, and you don't pick it very much, and you don't dare to pick it. Otherwise, you will be hungry.

After that, Marin reprocessed these rye crackers, crushed them into powder, added maple syrup, and pressed them into compressed crackers with a screw press...  

Although the royal chefs were very opinionated about the use of maple syrup, Marin was not going to listen to them this time.

why? Because the maple syrup Marin can't sell it anyway, and doesn't dare to sell it, it's better to get it into the army ration for the soldiers to eat. Maple syrup is rich in various minerals and organic acids and is nutritious. Indians can use it to save their lives in winter.

Marin attaches great importance to the lives of his soldiers. He uses maple syrup to compress biscuits to supplement nutrition for the soldiers, which can be regarded as caring for the soldiers. After all, the soldiers under him are not mobilized soldiers, but professional soldiers, and everyone's life is precious. Especially veterans, the most precious. It also makes sense to feed them compressed cookies made with maple syrup that cannot be sold.

In addition, sailors on big voyages can also eat more maple syrup compressed biscuits to supplement a variety of nutrients. Sailing on the sea, the variety of food is scarce, and the nutrition often cannot keep up. And eating more nutritious maple syrup compressed biscuits can also make sailors less sick. This is also very helpful to Marin's great sailing career. Also, compressed biscuits have a long shelf life and are even more convenient for sailors on the voyage…

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