Chapter 597: Alcohol lamp hot pot
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Europeans love sweetness, or sucrose will not become one of the main cargoes of the big voyage in the 18th century. Europeans need to add sugar to coffee and tea (such as milk tea), which is basically sugar-free. Only in later generations, because of the development of medicine, Europeans learned that eating too much sugar is unhealthy, so they reduced the consumption of sugar.
For now, Europeans can't eat sugar. Sucrose is sold in pharmacies in Paris, not in grocery stores.
Marin got some brown sugar produced by Grenada, mixed it with rye Erguotou, and provided it to the fat brothers, so that they could use it to entertain the court clerks. Sure enough, the rye Erguotou mixed with brown sugar was very popular. The sweet taste of brown sugar covers the bitter rye bitterness of rye Erguotou, making the wine taste better. Then, those civilians are naturally more likely to get drunk ...
After inquiring about the bags from several civilian staff, the Fat Brothers asked where the correspondence between France and the Principality of Geddes was stored-a confidential office next to the office of the Foreign Minister in the front yard of the palace ...
This office is controlled by an archivist who is the second son of a local baron in Paris. This archivist named Paul is low-key and mediocre. Because the family background is not strong, and I am not very good, so the promotion is hopeless. Therefore, this guy usually hangs out. Of course, as an archivist, he still does his duty.
The Fat Brothers heard that Paul's only hobby was playing cards. However, they do not gamble. It's not that Paul doesn't love gambling, but this guy has no money ...
As the second son of the Baron family, Paul has no right of inheritance. In Europe, where the eldest son takes all, the second son without inheritance is naturally poorer. His father could help him get a job in the royal palace, which is worthy of him. In addition, he also has a residence in Paris, married a decent wife, and gave birth to three children.
It's just that because of the meager salary, he has to support his wife and three children. Therefore, Paul did not dare to gamble. Because he has no extra money to gamble ...
After the Fat Brothers received the news, they sent it back to Aurich through the Paris branch of the Beihai Chamber of Commerce. After all, Marin once ordered that the Fat Brothers are only responsible for inquiring about news, not for stealing letters. After all, they are the most important pieces of Marin, and they cannot expose themselves by stealing letters.
After receiving the information returned by the Fat Brothers, Marin thought for a long time and decided to start with Paul's hobby of playing cards. How to do it? Marin intends to arrange for people from the Paris branch of the Beihai Chamber of Commerce to buy up some poor local noble children and mix with Paul. Then, fight for Paul's card. After a long time, Paul was tempted to gamble again. In the early days, he deliberately lost some money to Paul to attract him into the set. Finally, make a game and let Paul owe gambling debts ...
When Paul owes an outstanding gambling debt, then Paul can be intimidated. Then, it is not too simple to let them steal a few letters in the archive room they keep. Anyway, the letters of the Principality of Geddes are not much valued by the French.
When Marin got the letter, he deliberately communicated with the Duke of Geddes to get a comparison. In this way, the evidence that the Duke of Geddes colluded with France can be determined. At that time, Marin will be able to take action against the Principality of Gedsi ... as long as you get the territory of the Netherlands in the Principality of Gedsi, you can exchange it for Marker in the Ruhr ...
As for French pressure? Marin is not worried. After all, the French themselves do not pay much attention to the Principality of Geddes. Moreover, they are now fully supporting several cantons in western Switzerland against the Habsburg family's invasion. Even if you want to support the Principality of Geddes, you can't make it for the time being. When they can free their hands, the battle is over.
Moreover, after Marin found the evidence to "punish the traitors", those German princes could not find a reason to object. After all, they did not refute the emperor's orders at the Worms Empire Conference. In the absence of a suitable excuse, they are not good to deal with Marin with the French. As long as France and the alliance of princes do not join forces, Marin has nothing to fear.
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After planning, Marin approached Kohler and asked Kohler to arrange specific matters. After all, he is the boss and cannot do everything by himself. This kind of secret thing, of course, is to arrange senior horseman Kohler to get out ...
It happened that the weather was getting colder. After entering December, there was light snow in northern Germany. It's nothing when it snows, it's cold after it's snowing.
During this period of time, eating stir-fried vegetables is easy to get cold. Why? Because as a monarch of a country, the food that Marin eats has a link to test the poison. Before serving Marin, you need to use the silver needle to test the poison, and when finished, let a maid or bodyguard take it first. After a while and no response, talents like Marin and Angela will start eating.
In general, this is nothing, but when the winter is cold, after this link, the dishes will be cold. At this time, there is no microwave heating, so at most put it by the fireplace for a while. But it didn't get too hot.
So, Marin thought of the hot pot often eaten in the previous winter ...
Only, what is used to heat the hot pot? In the past life, Marin bought hot pots with electromagnetically heated chassis to heat the hot pot. However, there is no electricity in this era ...
Marin knew that honeycomb stoves can also be used to eat hot pot. However, Marin does not intend to launch honeycomb coal at this time. Why? Because once Marin introduced honeycomb coal and honeycomb coal stoves, coal would immediately become a hot commodity. When the time comes, Marin wants to get the Ruhr area again, the difficulty will be greatly increased.
Therefore, now Marin does not engage in honeycomb coal, and even blocks the technology of pulverizing coal into briquettes, in order to limit the popularity of coal. Only after getting the Ruhr area and Newcastle, Marin will launch honeycomb coal, and then use the coal to make money ...
There is no electric stove or honeycomb coal stove, so how to eat hot pot? Marin began to think ...
Suddenly, Marin turned his eyes to a 40-degree bottle of rye Erguotou on the table ...
This bottle of Erguotou is also regarded as spirits, which is used by Marin to warm his body. Of course, the effect is average. After all, it was only 40 degrees, not strong enough.
Spirits are actually popular in cold regions. In China, the reason why spirits are popular is actually the habit brought by the Manchu dynasty. The crowd is from the cold northeast, and naturally likes to drink hard liquor. Like Mao Zi, it is very cold.
In the earliest time, after the liquor distillation technology, the ancient Liaodong popular spirit burned knife. In Guanguan, such as the Ming Dynasty in which literati were in power, spirits were not popular at all. The idea of going to ancient times to rely on spirits to make a fortune is somewhat unreliable.
Perhaps, in the Tang Dynasty, where martial artists had a higher status, spirits could still have a market. For example, the reckless men like Cheng Biajin and Wei Chigong must love spirits. There must be a market in the Yuan Dynasty, because the officials in the Yuan Dynasty were also Mongols from the bitter cold outside of Serbia. But if the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty dominated by literati, it would not work.
Literati drinking, certainly not liquor. Generally speaking, Jiangnan literati like rice wine. The degree of rice wine is relatively low, and it tastes like beer. In this way, the literati can drink more and chat for a while.
If you burn a knife for a literati, you won't be able to talk anymore. Because, all under the table ...
The famous Erguotou only appeared in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. Because, the Manchu people from the Qing Dynasty, from the Northeast, naturally brought the habit of drinking spirits. When there is a need, the next is always welcome. Erguotou actually appeared only to meet the needs of the Qing nobility. The habit of drinking spirits in later generations of Chinese people was also brought up by the people. After all, for the ancients, the so-called fashion is that the minister imitates the emperor (mainly does not exceed), the small officials imitate the big officials, the people imitate the small officials ... As the ruling class, the Manchu people like to drink hard liquor, plus the Manchu rule After more than two hundred years, this trend spread to the whole country ... Many people in the later generations thought that the ancient Han people like to drink hard liquor ...
Marin regained his diffuse thinking. From the bottle of liquor on the table, he thought of a kind of hot pot in the future generations-alcohol pot ...
Alcohol is a flammable product, and there is no smell or smoke after burning. It is a good hot pot fuel.
However, Marin has never used an alcohol pot and does not know the structure of the alcohol pot. Moreover, he knew that alcohol was a dangerous flammable product. One with poor control may burn the hotpot.
Therefore, for the sake of insurance, Marin decided to get an alcohol lamp first. Then, use an alcohol lamp to heat the hot pot ...
The alcohol in the alcohol lamp ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ is not easy to escape and will not cause safety problems. Moreover, the size of the flame can be adjusted by dialing the wick. If you want to turn off the lights, just close the lid.
Although I studied liberal arts in my previous life, I also took chemistry classes. I have seen chemistry teachers use alcohol lamps to demonstrate chemical reactions. Therefore, Marin knew what an alcohol lamp was like.
Moreover, because a large number of brewing Erguotou, resulting in a lot of alcohol at the same time (alcohol accounted for about 15% of the total). If you brew 85 barrels of Erguotou, you will get 15 barrels of medical alcohol.
However, because the medical system is imperfect, the Grand Duchy of Beihai does not use as much medical alcohol at all. Therefore, Marin is actually a bit worried about the use of alcohol. After all, there is too much medical alcohol ...
Get out the alcohol lamp, and then use the alcohol lamp to burn the hot pot, maybe it's a way to consume ...
Alcohol lamps are safe and clean. It's great for burning hot pot. Even, Marin planned to open a hot pot chain like Xue Zhiqian, using alcohol lamps as heating tools ... well, it can be promoted in Las Vegas ...
Marin approached the craftsman, and according to the requirements, made a glass bottle containing alcohol and a lamp cap that could be used for the wick. This kind of gadget is really not difficult for those craftsmen who can create clockwork.
Soon, an alcohol lamp that could adjust the flame size by dialing the wick was brought out ...
Then, Marin asked the blacksmith to build a bracket and a small copper pot. The copper pan is placed on the bracket, and the alcohol lamp is placed under the bracket to heat the bottom of the copper pan ...
That night, Marin ate a hot pot with an alcohol lamp and a hot pot with his family. It's just that without chilli and hot sauce, Marin always feels not authentic ...
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