The Rise of the European Emperor

To tell the truth, Marin despised the European domestic pigs of this era, not to mention their small size and few litters. European domestic pigs in this era only produced a few piglets per litter. It's not like the Taihu pig raised in Marin's previous life. It's called a cow. A litter can produce more than a dozen piglets, and a tall litter can give birth to more than 20...

Pigs are not interested in family planning, the more litter the better. In this way, the scale of farming is also expanding rapidly. Moreover, Taihu pigs are larger and grow faster than current European domestic pigs. It can be said that it is perfect in every way. Later, Europeans specially introduced and hybridized to improve the quality of European native pigs.

However, Taihu pigs appeared in the Wanli period in the late Ming Dynasty. Now, Wanli's grandfather Jiajing has not yet ascended the throne. However, the generation of Jiangsu and Zhejiang should have domestic pigs with excellent breeds. If it can be introduced, it can also greatly promote the pig industry.

In fact, Marin wanted to introduce not only Taihu pigs, but also wheat varieties from the Ming Dynasty. Because the wheat of native European varieties is too pitted at the moment. Not to mention the low yield, the growth cycle is super long!

Generally, after the wheat is planted in November, it will not be harvested until October next year. Nimad, the growth cycle is almost a year, what kind of rotten variety?

You must know that in the previous life, Marin's hometown was a continuous crop of rice and wheat. Wheat is planted in November in autumn and harvested in late May of the following year. Then, rice was planted in June and harvested in October... Just in time, I'll be on stage after you sing...

In other words, the growth cycle of Chinese wheat is a few months shorter than that of the current tattered varieties of wheat in Europe! Not to mention wheat, rye is also sown in spring and harvested in October. This has also led to the fact that only one round of crops can be planted on arable land each year, which is very inefficient. But Marin can't do anything about it, it's just such a breed. He used potash and phosphate fertilizers, but only allowed the rye to be harvested about 20 days ahead of schedule. If you want to mature early, you must change the variety...

Therefore, Marin intends to go to Daming to introduce Taihu pig breeds and introduce Huaxia wheat varieties with short growth cycles and higher yields. In this way, agriculture and animal husbandry will be further promoted.

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Because he thought of a good way to consume part of the grain by raising pigs, Marin was happy. So, he decided to have a drink...

In fact, Marin hasn't had a drink in a long time. At home, probably influenced by the Italian side and the Holy See, Angela and Felice are both used to drinking red wine. According to religious interpretation, drinking red wine is equivalent to drinking "holy blood". However, Marin is not used to drinking red wine. Therefore, he would rather drink boiled water than drink red wine. In fact, Marin prefers to drink tea, as well as milk tea. Unfortunately, there is no...

And, before, in order to save food, Marin had advocated drinking boiled water instead of beer in East Friesland. However, today he is happy, so he plans to go to the pub for a beer...

In fact, in Marin's house, besides Marin, old Hoffman and Adler also like to drink beer. It's just that after Marin got married, he usually didn't eat with his parents and brothers. Only during festivals, will we sit and eat together, but also drink some red wine with his wife Angela.

Not that Marin doesn't like beer. In fact, Marin likes to drink beer. However, in this era, beer production has not yet stipulated that hops must be added (this regulation was only mandated by the Duke of Bavaria in 1516), so the taste is not good. Without hops, the unique aroma of beer will be lost. Also, the beer will be more prone to rancidity, combined with a sour taste, kind of like the smell of swill...

Therefore, Marin is not used to the beer of this era...

It's not that there are no hops, but hops are generally grown in southern Germany. In the northern region, there are no hops. If you want, you have to go to the south to buy...

Where is the average person willing to spend money to go to the South to buy hops back? Even if the amount of hops isn't that much...

so,

The beer that ordinary people drink is basically "swill" beer without hops. Malin would rather drink plain water than drink this beer. So, for a long time, Marin forgot the taste of beer…

Walking into a tavern in Aurich, and seeing the count coming over, the bartender immediately greeted him enthusiastically, recommending various high-end wines—low-end wines are not in line with Marin's identity...

"Lord Earl, look, this is a high-end dark beer from Dortmund, the kind with added hops..."

"Dortmund...stout..." Marin seemed to be inspired by something, but he didn't remember it for a while. So, as a result, the Dortmund dark beer handed by the bartender was slowly tasted.

Probably due to the addition of hops, the taste of Dortmund Stout is very good, more mellow and slightly sweet, and the bitterness of hops is not obvious. According to the bartender, this is Dortmund's master distiller Bol's specialty...

In fact, the Free City of Dortmund, a Hanseatic city, has been brewing beer for over 200 years. However, it is said that Munich in the south has stronger winemaking skills...

After drinking, Marin felt that it was not enough, so he took a bucket back to the palace. It just so happened that the father and son had a few drinks together when they met old Hoffman.

"Ah, it really is an authentic Dortmund dark beer, it's really refreshing to drink!" Obviously, the old Hoffmann is a lover of dark beer. Moreover, the home of the Hoffmann family is located near Bochum, not far from Dortmund. Old Hoffman actually drank Dortmund dark beer before, but he had fewer opportunities. In general, the old Hoffman drank low-grade, low-quality beer without hops. After all, the family was not wealthy before...

"Is it that delicious?" Marin was a little puzzled. He just thinks it's just better than those rancid, low-quality beers without hops.

In fact, although Marin drank a lot of beer in his previous life, he mostly just wanted to get together with more friends, drink beer together, eat barbecue... That kind of feeling is very good... So, Marin just likes to drink beer , The feeling of eating barbecue, not how much you like to drink beer...

But old Hoffman is different. He is an authentic German, and his love for beer is incomprehensible to people from other countries. Old Hoffman was even a little excited to drink authentic master-brewed dark beer...

"Let me tell you, Marin, these fine wines are made by the master brewers who have selected black malt, hops, and clear spring water in the mountains. It took the boss's efforts to brew..."

"What did you just say?" Marin suddenly stood up with a "hoo", staring at the old Hoffman and asked, looking a little excited...

"What are you doing? Showing your face at your father? Don't look at you as an earl, I'll beat you up!" Old Hoffman was dissatisfied with Marin's attitude, thinking that Marin was mad at himself...

"No, Dad, I asked what you said just now, it's very important to me!" Marin said seriously.

"Oh, I think about it, it seems to be the master's selection of black malt..."

"Yes! This is it! Black malt!" Marin jumped up excitedly...

"What happened to the black malt?" Old Hoffman was a little confused...

"Dad, there's so much food in our family right now, there's nowhere to put it, there's rye everywhere. In order to put this rye, I built a new town... You think, rye, can't it grow into rye malt? With hops and spring water, you can brew a delicious dark beer?"

Marin had an epiphany just now, and came up with a brilliant idea - take out some of the grain and vigorously brew dark beer...

He had an awful lot of rye in his hand, and a ton of rye could yield 10 tons of beer. So much rye, god knows how much stout can be brewed...

"But, we don't have hops...and we don't have a master brewer..." Old Hoffman said suspiciously.

Not that you can brew a good dark beer with rye. There must be hops and a master who knows how to brew dark beer...

"What are you afraid of? Your son, the last thing I need is money. Hops, right? I'll send someone to the south to buy a large batch back! Brewmaster, right? Hit him with money! Throw a lot of gold coins on his face, if you don't believe him, he won't. Willing to come!" Marin said domineeringly in a very "upstart" tone...

Then, Marin really sent his men to the German South...

His subordinates are divided into three groups, all the way to buy hops; all the way to Dortmund, with a lot of gold coins, to "smash" top beer brewers; the other way is to "smash" top beer brewers with gold coins, but only went to Munich...

At the same time, after the three-way team set off, Marin also sent people to buy new oak barrels for beer brewing. You know, wine brewed in oak barrels will taste a lot better...

As long as there is good beer, you can't sell it if you don't believe it. You know, Marin suddenly remembered that most Germans are beer lovers. As long as there is good wine, there will be a market...

In this way, it can be regarded as helping Marin to deal with a lot of accumulated rye. Moreover, it is not as eye-catching as directly selling food in bulk...