The Rise of the European Emperor

After the production of Bright Milk Powder, Marin sent a few bags to each of the nobles under his command, which was considered to be advertised in advance. After all, in this era, it is the nobility who lead the trend. In the absence of stars, the aristocratic lifestyle is the object of the whole society to follow suit and imitate. Of course, civilians can only imitate what is in line with the rules, and some arrogant things cannot be imitated casually.

Of course, there are no rules about what to eat. As long as you have the money to buy it, you can eat whatever you want—except human flesh...

Things like milk powder are actually powders after drying of milk, and there is no technical difficulty. Others can figure it out as long as they think about it.

Of course Marin knew this, but he wasn't worried about competitors. why? Because other people don't know how to seal the milk powder...

According to the rules of later generations, after 400 grams of milk powder is opened, it is best to drink it within two weeks. Otherwise, the milk powder is easily spoiled by bacteria.

Therefore, general milk powder, if the sterilization and sealing problems are not done well, the milk powder will be broken within a month. Marlin can be stored for a long, long time after being sterilized and sealed at high temperature.

According to the standards of later generations, the shelf life of milk powder is generally 18 to 24 months, and the longest can even reach 3 years. However, Marin felt that with his current soil technology, it might not last that long. After all, he didn't add any preservatives. Therefore, Marin decided to set the shelf life of milk powder as 1 year. In this way, it can also be safer and avoid accidents.

But even so, such a long shelf life is very scary. You know, the shelf life of fresh milk is only three days. If you don't drink it in time, it will go bad. Drinking spoiled milk is terrifying, and there is no discussion about diarrhea...

Therefore, Marin's subordinates expressed enough surprise for the one-year shelf life of milk powder. Especially for Schwartz, he keenly discovered that milk powder has such a long shelf life that it can be used as military supplies... Of course, under the current conditions, it can only be used as a special material for military officers. As for ordinary soldiers, they are not luxurious enough to make ordinary soldiers drink brewed milk powder...

Schwartz believes that milk powder can be used as a material for military officers, in addition to the long shelf life of milk powder, there are also reasons for convenience.

Although Earl Grey milk tea is delicious, it needs to be boiled. Only those who have enough leisure time can slowly wait to make milk tea. Moreover, tea is now very expensive.

But milk powder is different, as long as the water is boiled and brewed directly, you can drink it soon. Moreover, after adding sugar, the taste of milk powder is even better than wine.

There is also a problem - during the war, officers should not drink alcohol, so as not to delay the fighter. However, as an officer, you can't drink plain water, it's too much. so,

This kind of milk powder that can be brewed has become the best drink for officers when they are thirsty.

For Schwartz's proposal, Marin expressed a high degree of agreement. Of course, this is only a wartime need for abstinence. European mercenaries, used to drinking. If they were banned from drinking normally, there would be a backlash. Therefore, Marin usually does not prohibit officers and soldiers from drinking, but strictly prohibits them from getting drunk. Usually, it's okay to let the soldiers drink beer. Beer is the national drink of Germany.

However, during the war, drinking can easily go wrong. Marin led his troops on several expeditions, and during the war, alcohol was prohibited. Schwartz also went on many expeditions and knew the difficulties of the soldiers. It's okay to let those soldiers drink boiled water during wartime. Anyway, the soldiers have low status and no human rights. But those officers who are well-born, let them drink boiled water, those officers will feel ashamed. Therefore, it is necessary to find a non-alcoholic drink for them. And milk powder is resistant to storage, portability, and easy to use, making it the first choice for wartime officers...

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In this regard, Marin also had no objection, approved Schwartz's suggestion, and planned to take out a batch of milk powder as a special supply for wartime officers. However, in order to prevent the milk powder from breaking, Malin specially used 400 grams of packaging. Because, if the package is too large, it will take longer to drink after unpacking, and it is more likely to spoil the milk powder. And the 400g package is just right, once it is opened, as long as it is consumed within two weeks, it is just right.

Therefore, Marin used a 400-gram package and stated on the oil paper bag - "It is best to drink it up within two weeks after opening to avoid spoilage".

In fact, Marin prefers to make coffee a military drink. Because coffee can refresh the mind, it is good for officers to drink coffee during the day.

However, for now, the cultivation and production of coffee is monopolized by the Arabs. It was not until 1570, when the Turks besieged Vienna, that when they retreated, they left behind a bag of coffee seeds, which caused coffee to end up in Europe. Therefore, even if Marin wants to make coffee, it is difficult to get it, and even if he does, the price is very expensive. Because, in the Arab region, coffee is also used as medicine...

The problem of tea is similar to that of coffee. Tea is now far away in China. Even if it is successfully introduced, it will take several years to grow and provide products. Therefore, at the current stage, milk powder is really the best military drink, exclusively for officers...

However, for the future development plan, Marin decided not only to go to Daming to get tea seeds, but also to get coffee seeds.

To this end, Marin decided to send spies to buy coffee seeds privately at high prices in the Arab region. It is then brought to tropical America for cultivation. Turkey is hostile to Europe, but the Mamluk Dynasty in Egypt is not very hostile to Europe. You can still get coffee seeds if you send someone to Egypt and spend a lot of money. As for tea, there is no need to talk about it, as long as the trade in Daming is opened, it is still very easy to get. As long as they can land on the land of Daming, they will privately offer a reward of 1,000 taels of silver. Some people are willing to donate the seeds of tea trees, and they can even get some tea farmers.

Marin intends to occupy Taiwan Island as a base anyway, and the climate and terrain of Taiwan Island are just perfect for growing tea. The requirements of the tea tree are - hilly area, subtropical or tropical climate, sufficient precipitation, good drainage...

It just so happens that Taiwan Island is very suitable - the terrain on the island is undulating and there are many hills, which is very suitable for growing tea. The oolong tea and alpine tea of ​​Taidao in later generations are very famous...

When tea planting on Taiwan Island develops, and then bring tea tree seeds and tea farmers to the Americas to open up new tea gardens, it will definitely be smooth sailing.

In short, Marin wants Europeans to lead a better life of drinking coffee and tea every day. However, for now, drinking brewed milk powder seems to be more realistic. Therefore, at present, the military-supplied beverages specially supplied to officers can only be the milk powder with the lowest cost... Well, it is the bright milk powder packaged in oil paper...