The Rise of the European Emperor

Although the new compressed biscuits have been shaped and a simple recipe of rye flour, salt and maple syrup has been determined, mass production will have to wait until next spring. Because, Marin's hand is running out of maple syrup.

Most of the more than 100 barrels of maple syrup brought back from America this spring were used by Marin for the "Royal Salute". So far, only a few barrels of Marin's food are left. Today, the Marin family mainly uses maple syrup as a sweetener, so naturally they have to save some.

Therefore, if you want to mass-produce maple syrup compressed biscuits, you can only start mass production when the 10,000 barrels of maple syrup promised by Garand arrives next year.

Since rye was used as the recipe, the wheat that Albert brought was naturally saved. And the price of wheat is so expensive...

Albert's first shipment of 1,102,000 pounds of wheat, which was a fraction of 20,000 pounds, was withheld by Marin as the family ration. Then, the 1.1 million pounds will be sold or exchanged...

You know, Deutsche Wheat now costs as much as 5 pfennig per pound. Even at the list price, there are 4 pfennigs per pound. That is to say, even if the 1.1 million pounds of wheat were approved, it would be worth 4.4 million pfennig, equivalent to 730,000 gold coins. And if you sell to Spain, where food prices are high, the price can reach 8 pfennig per pound, and you can earn even more.

But this is only a small head, because the first batch of wheat shipped from Albert's side. The total output of this batch of wheat reached 3ooo million pounds. If all are sold. Even at 4 pfennig per pound in the Deutsches area, that's 2oo0000 gold...

With such a calculation, Marin was suddenly frightened...

Nima, 200,000 gold coins... Marin almost didn't shiver like the second neighbor Wu who had a cerebral thrombosis...

However, after calming down, Marin realized that it might not be difficult to handle this batch of wheat...

why? Because although the value of this batch of wheat is high, the quantity is not large. You know, Marin extrudes more than two billion pounds of rye, which is on the order of magnitude. If it is shipped, the overwhelming amount will definitely shake Europe.

But this batch of wheat is different. Although it is very valuable, the total amount is not large. If it were sold in Germany alone, it would surely surprise everyone. But if it is spread out and sold all over Europe, it will be inconspicuous...

In Europe, there is no shortage of nobles and wealthy businessmen. These nobles and wealthy businessmen, in order to show the difference from ordinary people, often like to show off, and the cost of eating and drinking is different from that of ordinary people.

For example, they have to wear silk for their clothes; they have to put a few pieces of Chinese porcelain on their home decorations; when they eat a barbecue, they have to dip them in pepper and other spices. A bread, but also eat "Queen's bread" made of wheat flour.

This white bread, made with wheat flour, eggs, milk and honey, and leavened with brewer's yeast, was only eaten regularly by kings and archbishops in the early Middle Ages, and not all at once.

However, with the development of society and economy, by the beginning of the 16th century, most nobles and wealthy businessmen could also afford this queen bread. However, the cost is also high. Many aristocrats in this era were struggling to make ends meet because they spent too much money on high-value items such as spices, silk and wheat. However, if you don't wear silk clothes, don't use spices, and don't eat Queen's bread, you can't show the nobility of the nobility...

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Therefore, these wheats look expensive, but some nobles in Europe and rich merchants who really want to buy them want to buy them. The problem now is that there is a severe shortage of wheat in Europe, and then prices remain high.

The reason why Sicily, Italy is called the "Golden Basin", is because of the local fertile volcanic soil and the "advanced" trenching irrigation technology learned from the Middle East, resulting in a large local wheat yield. Wheat is expensive and can be exchanged for a lot of gold coins. Therefore, Sicily is also known as the Golden Basin. In addition, Sicily is also rich in olive oil, which is much needed in European cooking, which is one of the sources of the Golden Basin. After all, olive oil is also golden brown…

It should be pointed out in particular that,

Spain, one of the most powerful countries in Europe, has a vast land area, but most of its territory is composed of mountains and hills, with few plains. Therefore, Spanish agriculture is not good, and the grain output is small. As a result, Spain is the region with the highest food prices in Europe. Barcelona, ​​in the Kingdom of Aragon, is the largest city in Europe with the highest food prices. The lack of food was also an important reason why the Kingdom of Aragon was desperately trying to snatch Sicily.

In Italy, although agriculture is relatively high in Europe, wheat production is at the forefront of Europe. However, the Italians are lavish, and the bishops of Rome are living a life of luxury and corruption. Therefore, the consumption of wheat in Italy is also the largest in Europe, even not enough.

So Marin could still sell for a good price if he shipped his wheat to places like Spain and Italy. Even if the price of local wheat is hit, it is always higher than the price of wheat in the German region.

If Spain and Italy can't consume it, Marin plans to ship to France and England for sale. Because the food prices in these two countries are higher than those in Germany.

Only the parts that cannot be sold will be pulled back to the German region to continue selling. After all, there are also many princes and bishops in the German region who need to eat white bread every day.

In addition, it should be pointed out that the domestic market of Beihai is not small. Since following Marin to farm land, all the military aristocrats who have been allocated the land have lived a prosperous life. As soon as people get rich, they want to live a luxurious life, so they are not willing to eat brown bread...

In the past, Marin would help them import some wheat. But now, I seem to be able to directly exchange the excess wheat for them... It is not necessary to let them spend money, just let them exchange the excess rye stored. After changing back to rye, Marin can also use it to brew rye Erguotou...

And the leftover lees from the brewing, Marin now, is also quite good for feeding pigs. Moreover, it can also be used as cattle feed. Marin is now making a lot of wine and has a lot of lees. He found that it was not cost-effective to directly feed the pigs with grain. For example, it is not too cost-effective to use the grain to make wine first, and then use the remaining lees to feed the pigs and cattle to develop the breeding industry.

The only thing that worries Marin is that European pigs are too small...

Marin visually observed that domestic pigs in the German region are only half the size of later generations of big fat pigs, and only five or six young piglets are born in one litter, and they grow slowly, which is very uneconomical.

Therefore, Malint is looking forward to introducing Taihu pigs from the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, this takes time...

If distiller's grains are used to feed Taihu pigs, the supply of pork in Beihai Kingdom will be greatly increased. Although white pigs with a high lean meat rate are more popular in later generations, Marin knew that in ancient times, Chinese black pigs with a lot of fat were the best breeds. Also, black pigs taste better.

Today, Marlin uses hundreds of millions of pounds of grain to make wine every year. The wine that was brewed was too much to die for. Even, supply exceeds demand.

But Marin is in no hurry, because spirits are shelf-stable and can be stored for many years. Moreover, the longer the time, the better the quality. Decades are definitely the best.

So, now Marin is brewing rye Erguotou hard. In addition to selling, the excess is put into a jar, sealed with mud and buried in the ground for preservation. Decades later, that would be superb.

Unlike those low-alcohol wines, such as beer and wine, which cannot be preserved and must be consumed as soon as possible.

Moreover, the consumption of hundreds of millions of pounds of rye each year also produces hundreds of millions of pounds of distiller's grains, which can feed many pigs. It can even be used to feed cattle.

However, Marin always felt it was a waste to feed European pigs of poor quality. It seems that he has to go to Daming as soon as possible to get the Taihu pig...

However, Taihu pigs are mainly found in Jiangnan County near Taihu Lake. Even if Marin sent a ship to Guangzhou to trade, he would not be able to buy it. Therefore, he had to find a way to send someone to Zhili, south of Daming, in order to get the Taihu pig breed. Then, bring it back to Beihai to promote...

Taihu pigs can weigh more than 200 kilograms, and can give birth to a dozen or even more than 20 cubs per litter, and grow much faster than European domestic pigs. Once introduced and cultivated with distiller's grains, the reproductive expansion must be very fast. It is foreseeable that there is a lot to be done for pigs with distiller's grains...

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