The Rise of the European Emperor

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"Hmm--the biscuits with fried fish powder are still delicious!" Foodie Kahn tried new and old compressed biscuits in Marin's office.

The old compressed biscuits are flour with seasonings such as vegetable oil, milk powder, sucrose or maple syrup. But no matter what you add, it is still flour products in the final analysis.

The new military biscuits with fried fish powder are different, because they have a meaty taste and are very crispy. Therefore, foodie Kahn likes it very much. The other guards who participated in the test also said that they preferred the new fish meal biscuits.

Moreover, Marin was surprised to find that after pressing the compressed biscuit with a screw press, the fish meal was actually tightly connected. It tastes a bit like the inferior chicken chops and steaks of later generations... um, fried chicken and steaks...

In fact, the poor-quality chicken chops and steaks of later generations are made of minced meat, glued together with edible glue such as carrageenan, and pressed. Of course, if the right meat is used, it is still good, but I am afraid that the wrong meat is used.

For example, steaks, many low-quality steaks are not beef at all, but pork. After all, under normal circumstances, pork is more than ten yuan a catty, and beef is more than fifty yuan. Therefore, it is the practice of unscrupulous and black-hearted businessmen to glue and press minced pork, and add some chemical additives that taste like beef. It is already considered a conscientious businessman to use the minced meat of other parts of the cow to glue and press it into steaks.

Marin doesn't have vegetable glue like carrageenan, but he has fish skin glue and fish bladder glue... well, but in the end Marin still didn't choose to press the fish steak. Mainly, there's no need to...

He is only making military rations, not fish steaks. Therefore, he only needs to mix fried fish flour and wheat flour and press it into compressed biscuits.

But Kahn came up with another idea - clinker pressing!

Before, Marin was worried that the mixed biscuits and vegetables would lose vitamins if they were exposed to high temperature. And Kahn, by chance, also likes to eat raw vegetables, likes to eat green onions, and likes to eat green onions wrapped in black flour, much like Qilu people.

Therefore, Kahn does not like vegetables to be roasted at high temperature. Because, this will lose the original flavor of scallions.

And how to keep the original flavor of scallions? Kahn makes his point - clinker blend pressing!

The specifics are - first bake the biscuits, fry the fish powder, and prepare the dehydrated scallion leaves. After the three are processed, in addition to the thinly ground fish meat powder and dehydrated green onion pieces, the biscuits are also crushed, and then mixed with the other two clinkers. Then, it is loaded into a steel mold and the lever of the screw press is turned to form a compressed biscuit.

Subsequently, regarding the issue of sterilization, Kahn also proposed that in a drying room below 80 degrees Celsius proposed by Marin, the method of drying dehydrated vegetables should be baked on a steel frame at a temperature of more than 70 degrees Celsius for a period of time. Then, quickly bag, press out the air, and seal. When sealing, a short-term high-temperature sterilization is also used on the seal. Although some vitamins will be destroyed, most vitamins can still be preserved.

Marin thought for a while, and finally adopted Kahn's suggestion. After all, it's not too much of a hassle to pack separately though. But why use two oiled paper bags if one bag of cookies will do the trick?

However, because the temperature during packaging is not high enough, it may affect the shelf life, which will be shorter than the shelf life of normal high-temperature packaging.

But Marin didn't care too much, because he was in a hurry...

According to reports from spies in the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Vasily III has already begun preparations for war.

Although the spring plowing in the Grand Duchy of Moscow has just begun, later than in Western Europe, this does not prevent Vasily III from preparing for the war.

The population of the Grand Duchy of Moscow is too large, more than ten million. Even though most of the people were agricultural population, Vasily III could still find tens of thousands of woodcutters and herdsmen who did not use farming to serve him. Many craftsmen in the city were also requisitioned by him.

These requisitioned people are mainly preparing weapons and armor needed for war, as well as various supplies. Craftsmen are working hard to build and repair weapons and armor, while woodcutters are cutting down trees,

Make spear shafts, or various vehicles for transporting supplies. The herdsmen prepare livestock as animal power for material delivery.

The goal of Vasily III is naturally Smolensk, the easternmost city of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In fact, Smolensk is also a city-state of the Rus, which is in the same line as the Grand Duchy of Moscow and has the same roots.

But the problem is that Smolensk belongs to a model similar to an aristocratic republic, which is very different from the tsarist dictatorship of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. And Tsarist Russia has always ruled the people brutally and brutally. Until World War I, the Tsar still treated soldiers as gray animals, completely ignoring the lives and rights of ordinary people.

Therefore, the Smolensk people would rather join the Grand Duchy of Lithuania than accept the rule of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. In the eyes of Vasily III, this is rebellion, while the Smolensk people think it is a rejection of cruelty.

In general, both sides seem to have a valid position, but neither...

It is right that Smolensk does not want to be ruled by brutality, but there is no need to join Lithuania...and Vasily III...how should I put it, even if he joins the Rus country, he does not need to accept your rule. The royal family of the Grand Duchy of Moscow did not write "must rule all Russians" on their foreheads...

In the final analysis, the Grand Duchy of Moscow's unification of the Rus states is a test of military power, not any legal destiny.

In Marin's view, the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania are actually just a dog-eat-dog struggle for hegemony. There is no right or wrong, and the nature of World War I is similar.

If it weren't for the fear that the Grand Duchy of Moscow would be too strong after its rise, Marin would not bother to help Lithuania. Of course, Marin is more at ease with Lithuania, and rest assured that they will not become stronger. In addition to the proof of history, their system also determines that Lithuania will not be strong.

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is similar to an aristocratic republic, similar to a very primitive tribal chiefs meeting, and its power is relatively dispersed. Although the country is large in size, it has a large population. But because of the inability to centralize power, the huge country cannot exert its strength. Therefore, it was rubbed by the Teutonic Knights in the early stage, and rubbed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the later stage. If it weren't for the resistance with Poland, it would have been over long ago.

Such a country that cannot be supported is what Marin is willing to support. Because it is not a threat. However, because of its large size, Lithuania looks bluffing. If it goes well, the nobles of Lithuania will rush forward, giving people a feeling of being overwhelmed by Mount Tai, and they seem to be very powerful. But if you encounter adversity or even serious adversity...it's hard to say...

The Grand Duchy of Moscow seems backward and barbaric, but because the Grand Duke of Moscow can concentrate power. Therefore, although this country is very poor and barbaric, it can explode with enormous energy. It was okay in this era, but it was scary until the 19th century when the whole people was mobilized. During the First World War, Russia suddenly pulled 15 million strong men to join the war, which was very scary. Germany was forced to dispatch millions of troops to deal with it in the early days, but it was discovered after the war that Tsarist Russia was very empty, and it was useless to have too many people. If it weren't for Tsarist Russia's defeat of the equally bad Austro-Hungarian army in the Battle of Bibai, it is estimated that Russia would become the biggest joke.

Of course, Tsarist Russia's problems are mainly in logistics and war thinking. Because of the backward economy and the difficulty in supplying materials, the Tsarist Russian army was forced to focus on bayonets. But the Germans use machine guns to wash the ground, and fight bayonets to prevent you from getting close...

In short, Russia's population advantage is still dreadful. You know, the entire German region, including Austria, has a population of only 12 million. As for the Grand Duchy of Moscow, there are tens of millions. If the tactical level is the same as the weapon level, then there is no need to compare...

Fortunately, Marin, the head of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea, is a traverser with advanced tactical thinking and a large number of "black technology" weapons. Therefore, as long as you are well prepared, you can still win.

When Vasily III was preparing for the war, Marin was not idle. Beihai State's industry is well developed, and its military-related factories are all preparing military supplies.

In addition to the food factory preparing military ration biscuits, other factories are also preparing. For example, Marin newly established an arsenal specializing in the production of improved swarm rockets. An armor factory was also set up to produce "Jiangnan Leather Factory" armor in preparation for the outbreak of war.

In this battle, Marin needed to advance quickly, and he had to catch the Grand Duchy of Moscow by surprise. Therefore, all weapons and equipment should be light and not heavy. This is true of rations, and so is weapons. Marin didn't plan to bring heavy artillery or anything. For siege or something, they plan to blow down the city walls by digging tunnels and burying gunpowder kegs. For this reason, Marin has sent people to dig a tunnel leading to the root of the city wall.

On the line with the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Marin planned to use the improved version to swarm, and first slapped his face and stunned the opponent. Then, surprise and outflank. Even if there are many opponents, they will be at a loss in front of this abnormal style of play. Unless, the other party has intelligence personnel who have obtained information in advance. But, that's impossible...

The only unprepared party is probably the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. After all, the Grand Duchy of Moscow also planned to catch them by surprise. Therefore, of the three parties that will participate in the war in the future, two are preparing, and the other has no knowledge...