As the time came to the end of July, on the eve of the opening of the knights' tournament, the number of wandering knights who came to the port of Emden was even greater, reaching as many as 1,500.

The reason for the sudden increase of several hundred people was the return of the German wandering knights of the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian Knights.

In the past, because there were not many opportunities in Germany, many wandering knights went to the Teutonic Knights and Livonian Knights to look for opportunities. After all, these two countries are dominated by knights. For example, the Teutonic Knights had more than 800 official Teutonic Knights who had the right to vote. The Livonian Knights were similar, with hundreds of official knights.

It is only in these two knight countries that hundreds of knights are feuded and coexist. And in the general country, those who can have dozens of knights are considered big countries. Some of them even have only three or five knights. Because, these little Bo countries themselves are too small, and they can't take out the knights' fiefdoms. After all, not every country has a few thousand square kilometers of land. Some small Bo countries, such as the Ritberg country, are only more than 200 square kilometers, which is only the size of two or three towns, and how many knights can be divided? This is not the worst, some Boguo, the area is even less than a township in later generations, and there is even a small Boguo with only one small city, also called Chengbo. Being able to have a land area of 2,000 square kilometers is definitely a powerful country.

Moreover, over the years, every knight family has been giving birth to sons, resulting in too many wandering knights, and the opportunities for Germany itself have been greatly reduced.

As a last resort, many wandering knights went directly to the Teutonic Knights and the Livonian Knights to look for opportunities. After all, there were hundreds of official knights in both countries. Moreover, knights are not hereditary. As long as the old knights of the Teutonic Knights or the Livonian Knights died of illness or accident, the opportunity for these wandering knights came...... And there are 1,000 or hundreds of knights in the two knights, and there are always accidents or old deaths every year. Therefore, there are relatively more opportunities over there. Therefore, many wandering knights simply went directly to these two knight countries to look for opportunities.

Of course, although there are many wandering knights who go to the two knight countries, they are still not as many as they are in the mainland. After all, Germany is Europe's largest knight export base. Moreover, not every knight likes to go to Eastern Europe.

More than 1,500 wandering knights, together with their attendants, numbered more than 7,000 people. Fortunately, Marin built a huge camp at the level of a 10,000-strong army, which was enough. Moreover, the soldiers of the Second Legion were watching closely, but not many people dared to make a mistake. You know, it's definitely not a good feeling to be targeted by 2,500 muskets. If you're not careful, you'll be beaten into a sieve.

And the food supply for 7,000 people has also brought a lot of pressure. You know, the more than 1,500 knights eat three vegetarian and one meat box lunch. Moreover, it is provided for free, which is a lot of money.

Luckily, it's July, and there's a lot of vegetables on the market. In the winter, Marlin might not be able to provide vegetables, so he would have to give the knights bacon. After all, winter vegetables are much more expensive than bacon.

Every day, Marin not only served the gang bread and vegetables, as well as some meat dishes, but also served the more than 7,000 people with drinks.

Yes, each of these seven thousand people is going to drink. Even the knight's squire was served a glass of beer at each meal, in addition to a piece of Kohler bread.

Some people may ask, why don't they give them plain water? After all, no matter how bad the beer is, it is brewed from grain.

Here we have to talk about the eating habits of medieval Europe, ancient Europeans not only boiled fruits and raw vegetables, but also drank wine at a special time. Because, in general, they don't drink plain water.

The reason why this is so is because ancient Europeans were prone to stomach aches and illnesses after drinking raw water. And the terrible medical skills of ancient Europe, you may go to God if you have a stomach. Coupled with the great fear brought about by the Black Death, Europeans later did not dare to drink raw water.

As for why don't you drink boiled water? In ancient times, there was no thermos, and it was easy to cool down when boiling water. At that time, Europeans were ignorant and ignorant of science, thinking that cold boiled water was the same as raw water, and they would get sick if they drank it.

And in life, people find that those who drink alcohol do not have stomach aches. Therefore, in order to save their lives, Europeans no longer drank raw water, but drank beer and wine as a way to obtain water.

In general, the nobles and clergy generally drank wine to quench their thirst. And wine is also graded, for example, the wine drunk by the nobles and clergy is generally made from the pulp of the finest grapes with large grains. And those deformed grapes and grapes that fell to the ground and other inferior grapes, as well as some leftovers to make inferior wines, are for the relatively qualified people among the common people, that is, the average people. Ordinary civilians, on the other hand, can only drink beer.

Even if it's beer, it's a grade. The lower nobility, such as knights and merchants, would make good beer with hops. The poor, on the other hand, can only drink rancid, low-quality beer.

Of course, there are those who are so poor that they can't even afford to drink rancid wine. How do they stay hydrated? Directly use rye grains (mainly the mill grinds flour and also costs money, and the flour cannot be grinded, so the whole grain is directly on it), wild vegetables and bark, leaves and other things are mixed together to cook porridge and drink. Although the ancient Europeans did not know that boiled water was healthy, they also knew that it was not easy to get sick when drinking porridge.

In contrast, in China, because of the development of tea culture, people like to cook tea when entertaining guests. Therefore, it is a good habit to drink boiled water. Even if you don't have tea at home, you like to boil boiled water to entertain guests. Therefore, the ancient Chinese people did not need to drink rancid beer as a drink like Europeans, those who had money drank tea, and those who had no money drank boiled water or cold boiled water.

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The more than 1,500 wandering knights entertained by Marin were all from low-level aristocratic families, and they were all Germans, so they were naturally more accustomed to drinking good quality beer. So, what Marlin provided to the more than 1,500 wandering knights was a large glass of dark beer brewed with hops added to each meal. Their entourage drank ordinary beer brewed without added hops. But after all, Marin was not embarrassed to give those followers a rancid inferior beer, and he also gave a beer that had not spoiled, so the cost was not small.

In fact, Beihai has promoted the promotion of drinking cold and white in China. However, this approach is not recognized by the outside world. And these wandering knights were guests from afar, and in order not to make them feel sluggish, Marin had to provide a large glass of beer per ton, according to the general German custom. Moreover, the wandering knights were provided with a draught beer that tasted better, but was not easy to preserve. The attendants were given a taste of ordinary cooked dark beer with no hops. After all, cooked beer lasts longer and is more suitable for entertaining ordinary people.

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Marin shook his head, speechless at the habit of Europeans to drink wine as water in this era. However, he was unable to convince others to accept his views. Because, he can't explain it. Is it a wave of science popularization with everyone? Speaking of science? Isn't this a slap in the face of the Holy See......