Chapter 1811: Go to egypt
In fact, although Marin said it is a bit exaggerated, it is not that it did not exist. Generally, the shelf life of fresh water is only about one week. If it exceeds one week, the fresh water will become smelly. Because there are a lot of bacteria in it, you can't drink it anymore.
Later, people brought liqueurs such as rum and drank it with some spoiled fresh water, barely. Because rum is a spirit, it has a certain bactericidal effect, so it will not drink bad stomach. But sometimes, there are problems, and many sailors just hang up.
In the course of sailing, collecting rainwater is indeed a very important means of freshwater supplementation. However, if you are unlucky, you will encounter fine weather for a long time, and in the middle of the sea, drinking urine is really a helpless choice.
However, this problem does not exist in Beihai. Because, Marin had long thought of the method of obtaining "canned water" that can be stored for a long time by steaming cans, which perfectly solved this problem. Moreover, in the long-term encounter with fine weather, Marin also has a killer-the solar stove ...
As long as the seawater is boiled in a solar stove, and then passed through a simple circulating condensing device, the water vapor after the seawater is boiled can be condensed into clean distilled water for drinking.
Of course, none of these Marlins will tell Magellan. Because, he is not his own. However, it seems that it is not difficult to turn Magellan into himself. From the original history, Magellan decisively abandoned Portugal and turned to Spain. It can be concluded that this product is not patriotic, only loves the future. Therefore, Marin began to draw ...
"Mr. Magellan, we in the North Sea are very short of seafaring talents, and we need seafaring professionals like you to join. Will you come to the North Sea to help me?" Marin smiled kindly and sincerely. In this day and age, it was a very polite corporal.
Magellan hesitated for a moment, and seemed to be unhappy with the ideal of sailing around the world. However, he then thought-I want to sail around the world, is it not for fame and fortune? Well, look at the sincerity of the other party first ...
To be honest, in the era of great navigation, each of those navigators is noble. They are either passionate about fame and fortune, or pirates. In short, there are no good people.
Marin also guessed the other party's thoughts. After pondering for a while, he said:
"We have a special route for trade with Egypt in the North Sea. Recently, the commander of this route, Morris, the hereditary knight, was unwell and planned to retire within a few years."
"Well, I will first appoint you as the captain of one of the paddle sailboats and get used to the route of Egypt first. After a few trips, I will become familiar with it. I am slowly arranging you to serve as the deputy of the Grand Morris knight. The affairs of the entire Egyptian route became the general person in charge of this route ... "
The price code offered by Marin is not low, and the Egyptian route is very important to the North Sea country. Because most of the sodium sulfate (sodium sulfate) required for soda and papermaking in the Beihai glass industry are imported from Egypt.
Fortunately, the glass industry said that if Glauber's salt was cut off, the paper industry on the Canadian side would soon come to a halt, with serious consequences.
Of course, Marin actually has other options. For example, imported thenardite from the Ming Dynasty was used for chemical pulping in papermaking. But Marin now needs to support the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty against the expansion of Ottoman Turkey. Therefore, he had to continue to purchase high-priced thenardite from Egypt to support Egypt in disguise.
At the same time, Marin also deliberately purchased a large number of trained Mamluk slaves from Egypt, so that the Mamluk nobles in Egypt could earn profits. At the same time, even camel imports from Egypt ...
Frankly speaking, the camel is really useless to Marin. Because most of his sites are rich in water, there are few dry areas.
However, in semi-arid areas such as the Pampas grasslands, camels can be used for arable land. After all, the camel's strength is not small, and the speed is faster than the cow.
But the problem is that camels are not able to adapt to the climate of humid areas and are easily ill. Therefore, Marin bought camels, but he was actually worried about how to deal with them.
At present, camels bought in Egypt are mainly used in the Sahara desert road from Ayoun to Timbuktu. This is the most contracted place, and the place where the Egyptian dromedary can best display its abilities.
In addition, Marin also tried to exchange horses with camels and Arabs in North Africa. Arabs in North Africa generally have horses of Arabian horse descent. Although the lineage is not as pure as the Arabian horses on the Arabian Peninsula, it is also a very good breed.
However, the herdsmen in North Africa are also very cunning, unwilling to exchange one with Marin, only two camels for a horse. Strictly speaking, Marin is at a loss. Because a good horse in North Africa is a little more valuable than a camel, but it is far from the point where two camels are replaced by a horse. After all, horses are also worthless among the nomadic peoples of North Africa.
But Marin is useless for camels, but horses are more useful. Therefore, he would rather lose money and exchange the camels from Egypt with North Africans in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. As for the Libya region, he tried to change horses, but soon gave up ...
Why? Because Libya is close to Egypt. Previously, Marin asked merchant ships to exchange Egyptian camels to local herders. As a result, the herdsmen turned around and sold camels to Egyptian merchants. Then, the people of Marin saw the camels that had been swapped out in the Egyptian market ...
This is obviously a bit of a pit, so Marin would later stop people from doing this kind of business in Libya near Egypt. Moreover, Libya is extremely short of water, and there are not many horses.
But even so, Marin bought too many Egyptian camels, and still had too much to release. In desperation, Marin had to order the slaughter of camels to make camel meat.
Marin remembers that the camel humps seem to be a famous dish. Let the master chef solicited by Daming make it delicious!
But the rest of the camel meat has a bit of smell (the dromedaries live in hot areas all year round, and the smell is a bit big) Although it is not mutton flavor, it is also strange, like the curry smell of Indians.
However, it is not impossible to deal with it. For example, the Northwest Shaomin who can learn from later generations can taste it with cumin. Moreover, Egypt is rich in cumin, which is still the origin of cumin. Therefore, Marin placed orders directly with the locals and imported a large amount of cumin powder.
You know, cumin powder is a barbecue artifact, but also an artifact to taste. Ordinary camel meat, sprinkled with cumin, accompanied by paprika or pepper powder, immediately becomes fragrant.
Marin simply established a processing base and slaughtered the surplus camels imported from Egypt to make roasted camel meat. Then, put it in an oil paper bag and heat it, then seal it. In this way, the roasted camel meat is very delicious and can be sold as a flavored food. Or it can be used as military food.
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This time, Magellan was sent to Egypt by Marin to be responsible for trade with Egypt, specializing in importing natural soda, thenardite, slave, camel and cumin powder from Egypt.
The reason for this choice is because Marin wanted to dispel Magellan's idea of a big voyage and work for him with peace of mind. Moreover, in order to attract Magellan's interest, Marin and Magellan talked about the Egyptian pyramids and sphinx.
At this time, the colonizers have not yet entered Egypt, and little is known about Egypt. Therefore, this knowledge is very new to ordinary Europeans, and Magellan also listens with interest.
After listening to Marin's story, Magellan really had a strong interest in Egypt, an ancient civilization, and even planned to visit the pyramids and sphinx.
But ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Before agreeing to Marin's solicitation, Magellan cautiously asked the answer he most wanted to know-what is the benefit of being the person in charge of the Egyptian route ...
Marin smiled and said to Magellan:
"If you become a captain, you have a high chance of being sealed as a third-level knight, that is, an ordinary knight who is not hereditary. The person in charge of the route is at least a second-level knight, and is likely to be called a first-class hereditary knight like Morris, that is, a big knight. If there is any great credit, he can even be promoted to the baron ... "
"Big Knight ... Baron ..." Magellan, keen on fame and fortune, winked ...
"Okay, I did it!"
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