Marin was also very happy about Garand's plan. After all, too much sugar is a good thing after all. But the problem is that maple syrup cannot be made into solid sugar, so it is difficult to sell it publicly.

Because, once it's on sale, consumers will ask – what is this? How is it produced......

There is no maple syrup in Europe, and everyone will definitely think about the Americas when the time comes. If you guess that maple syrup is produced in the Americas, you are out of luck. At the beginning, for a few boxes of bees, the lords were able to fight. Nowadays, for the huge amount of maple syrup, it can also cause national wars.

The European pursuit of honey should not be underestimated, not to mention the wars caused by a few boxes of bees in the early Middle Ages, even in the 17th century, Britain did not hesitate to break ground on the head of Tai Sui for the cultivation of cane sugar, and occupied Barbados as a sugar planting base. You know, at that time, it was 1624. Although Spain lost once at sea in 1588, it subsequently besieged London. The real decline of the Spanish Empire began after losing the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War (with the Netherlands) around 1648. Previously, Spain was a giant at sea. England could only act as pirates at that time, and the courage to seize the islands also proved that it was very determined to obtain a sugar production base. Previously, the cane sugar in England was all wholesaled to them by the Spaniards, and the wholesale price was 1 shilling per pound, which was as black as hell......

Now, of course, the price is higher. Because, Spain's sugarcane cultivation activities in the Americas stopped because of Marin's rumors and intimidation. In Mozambique, to open a sugar cane plantation requires starting from scratch, and who knows when it will scale. At present, Portugal is the only country that can provide large quantities of cane sugar. So, the price of cane sugar can now be sold for 2 shillings per pound.

However, because of the discovery of the Indian route, the Spaniards suddenly discovered that it was more cost-effective to import cane sugar to India......

You know, Indian cane sugar is as cheap as spices, and the purchase price is about 2 pfennig per pound. There is now a heated debate within the Kingdom of Spain about the need to open sugar plantations in Mozambique on its own. Because, after calculating the cost, the Spaniards were surprised to find that it was much more cost-effective to import cane sugar from India than to produce it themselves......

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Europeans are so obsessed with desserts that Marin is afraid to tell everyone - Canada is full of sugar maple trees, and it is no problem to make tens of thousands of tons of maple syrup every year......

If Marin dares to say this, it is estimated that he will provoke Europe to form an intercontinental coalition to beat him and force him to surrender the Canadian colonies......

In fact, if there was a way to turn maple syrup into granulated sugar for sale, Marin would probably send a large number of people to explode the maple sugar production. After all, the last thing Canada lacks right now is the sugar maple.

Now, Marlin has adjusted Canada's logging policy to only cut down trees other than the sugar maple. Sugar maple, that's a cash cow. Regardless of the question, you can get a few pounds of maple syrup from the tree every year, and then you can sell it for a few shillings, which is a few tens of pinknigh. Even better, you don't need to plow the land and you don't need to harvest. Every spring, you can get a bucket and drill an eye in the tree......

Marlin was already sad and turned into a river because he didn't know how to consume maple sugar......

Although he said that he had already added maple syrup to the second pot head mixed with water, and made a "royal salute" that cheated people out of money. However, the production of the "Royal Salute" could not be increased. After all, it was for the nobles to drink, and the yield should not be too high. Therefore, even if Marin has enough production materials, he does not want to produce more. So, the next step is to produce compressed biscuits......

But the problem is that although the North Sea country of Marin produces a lot of grain, it is all rye. It seems that wheat flour is used to make biscuits......

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This troubled Marlin did not last long, because the wheat from the Americas came back......

After making a mistake in planting wheat last spring, Albert learned from the pain in the fall, shoveled out the half-ripe wheat and replanted another crop of wheat. The wheat that was previously eradicated is turned into base fertilizer to moisten the new round of wheat.

This autumn, it's finally time to harvest wheat. The 60,000 acres of wheat on Manhattan Island also produce 30 million pounds of wheat.

Just as Marin was worried about running out of wheat, Albert's first wheat-carrying fleet of five ships returned with a total of 500 tons (1,102,000 pounds) of wheat.

Marin was overjoyed and immediately ordered the windmill to get a batch of wheat flour out. Then, he personally went to the imperial kitchen and began to develop compressed biscuits......

He first gathered the usual ingredients for making biscuits—wheat flour, eggs, and salt—and then set out to make the most ordinary salted biscuits......

After the dough was reconciled, Marin placed the kneaded square cake in an iron mold on an iron baking sheet. Before putting it, Marlin also brushed a little soybean oil in the mold to prevent the biscuits from burning or sticking to the mold.

Then it's time to bake the biscuits, which take a little longer than toasting. Because, the surface still contains a lot of water, otherwise it is not soft enough. Biscuits, on the other hand, do not require much water, and the moisture content is much lower, so they take a longer time to bake. At this point, Marlin left the oven to the imperial chef to take care of, because they were professional.

When the cookies were baked, Marlin ate one and felt pretty good. Next, he had the biscuits crushed into powder and then added maple syrup to re-mold them.

Then, he took out a small screw press that had been built by the forge and pressed the shaped biscuits into a very compact compressed biscuit......

Next, there is a further process of dehydration, which can be exposed to the sun or continue to dry. In conclusion, further remove the moisture from the biscuits to extend their shelf life.

Finally, it is bagging that, after all, this compressed biscuit is intended for military and nautical sailors, and the storage must be long enough.

So, Marin took out the oiled paper bag that he had prepared a long time ago, put the processed compressed biscuits into the oiled paper bag, and sealed the oiled paper bag with glue. Then, the packaged oil-paper bag was taken to the baking stove and baked at high temperature for a while to further sterilize and ensure that the shelf life of the biscuits was long enough......

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After making more than a dozen bags of compressed biscuits, Marin took out a bag of biscuits and tasted them, which seemed to feel good. Then, he took out a few more bags of test items and shared them with the chefs.

While chatting while eating cookies, a certain imperial chef suddenly asked:

"Grand Duke, who are you making these cookies for? His Highness Caesar? ”

Marin shook his head and said:

"No, it's for the soldiers and sailors. On the march and on the voyage, they ate this as a staple food at every meal! ”

The chefs all grew their mouths in surprise......

Marin looked at it and asked suspiciously:

"What's wrong? Any questions? ”

The imperial chef who was the first to ask the question was the first to react:

"Of course there's a problem! Grand Duke, is it necessary to be so good for ordinary big-headed soldiers to eat? Let's talk about this egg first, only buy 3 for one Finney! You make a few cookies and beat 3 eggs, which ...... Can these big-headed soldiers afford to eat? ”

Marin was also stunned, he didn't expect that eggs would be so expensive......

It is no wonder that before Marin got out of the kang house, the chickens, ducks and geese in Europe were all hatching chicks, ducklings and geese by themselves, and the hatching rate was very low. Moreover, hens hatch chicks for a long time, which affects foraging and has an impact on health. Even if the hens are very hard, the hatchability rate is very low.

Therefore, the breeding of chickens, ducks and geese in Europe is still very small-scale. And eggs are also a scarce food. For ordinary people, eating an egg is considered a tonic.

Of course, with the promotion of Marin kang house, the breeding scale of chickens, ducks and geese in Beihai will definitely go up in the future. And the price of eggs will definitely be greatly reduced. However, it will take at least years or even decades. So, for now, eggs are still a luxury food. Giving a soldier a meal of eggs and biscuits is indeed a luxury loser.

This is a habit that Marin developed in his last life, making pastries, and getting used to beating a few eggs. However, he ignored the problem of scarcity of materials in this era...... It is indeed a luxury to give the big-headed soldiers a meal of biscuits with eggs......

"Well, no eggs will be added to the recipe in the future!" Marin follows the advice.

"That's still a luxury!" The chefs were still not satisfied.

"Still extravagant? All that's left is flour and salt! As for brushing oil, that's a must...... Do you want to mix dirt and wood chips? "Marin was very unhappy. That's military rations, you can't be sloppy.

The imperial chefs shook their heads, and then one of them said:

"It's not a matter of adding dirt and sawdust, it's a matter of flour. You use wheat flour for ordinary soldiers and sailors, it's too extravagant! You know, one pound of wheat is equivalent to five pounds of rye! Why not use cheaper rye flour? ”

"Rye flour can also be used to make biscuits?" Marin was a little dumbfounded. The biscuits he ate in later generations seem to be made of wheat flour, but can rye be made into biscuits?

"Absolutely! At best, the taste is worse than that made of wheat flour, but it can still be made! ”

Then, in front of Marin, the imperial chefs baked a batch of biscuits with rye flour and salt. Marlin tasted it and found that there was no discomfort except for the slight bitter taste that is characteristic of some rye. Moreover, because it is not fermented, it does not have the sour taste of brown bread. Although the absence of eggs affects the taste, it can also be eaten. After all, people in this era are not as picky as people in later generations. In this era, as long as it can be eaten, everyone eats it, and they don't pick it at all, and they don't dare to pick it. Otherwise, you'll be hungry.

These rye biscuits are then reprocessed by Marlin, crushing them into a powder, adding maple syrup, and pressing them into compressed biscuits with a screw press......

Although the imperial chefs have a lot of opinions about using maple syrup, Marlin is not going to listen to them this time.

Why? Because maple syrup Marin can't sell it anyway now, and he doesn't dare to sell it, it's better to get it into the army rations and give it to the soldiers. Maple syrup is rich in various minerals and organic acids, making it highly nutritious. The Indians can save their lives in the winter.

Marin attaches great importance to the lives of the soldiers under his command, and uses maple syrup compressed biscuits to supplement the nutrition of the soldiers, which can be regarded as caring for the soldiers. After all, his soldiers are not mobilizers, but professional soldiers, and everyone's life is precious. Veterans, in particular, are the most precious. It makes sense to give them compressed biscuits made from maple syrup that can't be sold.

In addition, sailors of the Great Voyage can also eat more maple syrup compressed biscuits to supplement a variety of nutrients. Sailing on the sea, the variety of food is scarce, and nutrition often cannot keep up. And eating more nutritious maple syrup compressed biscuits can also make sailors less sick. This was also very helpful to Marin's great voyage. Moreover, compressed biscuits have a long shelf life, making them even more convenient for sailors on the voyage......