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"Anything else?" Marin was a little confused.

"Yes, my lord, Governor George has asked me to bring you some gifts."

"Oh, what is it?" Marin came interested.

"It's 5 bags of food for Indians, and 1 bag of ginger." Ben didn't know rice, so he simply replaced it with "the food that Indians eat".

When the guards brought in the five bags of rice, Marin opened the bag and looked at it, and immediately became excited:

"Big ...... Rice! ”

The average person may not be able to understand Marin's excitement now, knowing that Marin hasn't eaten rice since the crossing. It's been a full 8 years now.

Therefore, after 8 years, Ma Lin was so excited that he suddenly saw the rice he had eaten every day in his previous life......

"Quick! Tell the kitchen to prepare a pot to cook rice, Lao Tzu wants to eat rice today! ”

After saying that, Marin directly left the somewhat stunned Ben, ran to the kitchen by himself, and personally directed the cooking......

The chefs are all natives of North Germany, so naturally no one has ever seen rice or knows how to cook it. So, Marin sat directly in the kitchen and took command.

Half an hour later, using a wok, Marin finally cooked the first pot of rice after the crossing......

At the same time, the chefs also stir-fried two dishes for Marlin's rice.

With trembling hands, Marin picked up a silver plate (there was no bowl for rice and no porcelain) and spooned a spoonful of rice into his mouth......

"Huh? That's not right...... It doesn't taste like rice......" Marin frowned.

The rice in the narrow sense that Ma Lin mentioned is actually called japonica rice, which is a relatively common rice variety in northern and central China. Its taste is soft and glutinous, and it is very loved by Marin. Rice in a broad sense also includes indica rice.

Ma Lin's hometown is in the Jianghuai region north of the Yangtze River, where people prefer to eat japonica rice. When I was a child, my family also planted hybrid rice researched by Mr. Yuan, but although the rice was high-yielding, it was not so delicious. Therefore, after the conditions at home improved, no one planted it in Marin's hometown, and they all switched to japonica rice. Although the yield is not as good as that of hybrid rice, the taste is more popular.

The bowl of rice that Marin eats is somewhat like the hybrid rice he doesn't like to eat, and it is not soft and glutinous enough. However, indica rice is not sticky enough, but it is the best choice for fried rice. Because, indica rice grains do not stick together with each other, which is more suitable for stir-frying. Japonica rice, on the other hand, is more suitable for steaming.

In fact, japonica rice is only cultivated in areas north of the Yangtze River. In the Jiangnan area, most of them are planted with indica rice. Because, indica rice is heat-tolerant. Even, in the tropics, indica rice is grown. The legendary Champa rice, native to southern Vietnam, is also an indica rice.

In India, there is no japonica rice, and the rice imported from India naturally does not have the japonica rice that Marin likes to eat. Even if japonica rice seeds are introduced, they can only be grown in temperate zones, such as North America, and not in tropical regions such as Grenada.

Indica white rice is obviously not to Marin's taste, but Marin has not eaten rice for 8 years. So, he devoured that large plate of indica rice and quickly ate it.

After eating, as if it wasn't enough, he got into a hurry, drove the cook away, and used the remaining indica rice in the pot to stir-fry a plate of legendary egg fried rice......

Indica rice is not sticky, so it is really suitable for making fried rice. Unlike japonica rice, sticking to the pan often occurs. With ingredients such as butter, indica rice, and eggs, as well as green onions, Marin easily scrambled a plate of egg fried rice, and then ate another meal and felt very satisfied.

So, he instructed the cook not to eat brown bread for the rest of the day, and to eat egg fried rice for lunch and dinner in addition to bread for breakfast.

The chef was also a little confused, although they watched the whole process, they didn't try it, and they still didn't have confidence. So, they took the courage and asked Marin for advice. But is there any need to pay attention to cooking rice? Marin only told them not to cook the rice or get it raw. Egg fried rice is not difficult, and with the few years of experience of these chefs in stir-frying, it should not be difficult to get.

As for cooking rice, this one is easy, let them try a few more times. Anyway, this time Ben brought 500 pounds of indica rice, and it only takes one or two pounds of rice to cook rice at a time, which is enough for them to cook many times.

When Marin returned to the office with his overfed stomach in his hands, he found Ben still standing there stupidly, waiting for instructions......

"Why are you still here?" Marin asked in surprise. It's been more than an hour since he left the office, and this stupid boy hasn't left yet. It's all over the place......

"You didn't let me go......" Ben said aggrievedly.

"Uh......" Marin blushed a little, and he remembered that he had only been concerned with cooking at the time, and indeed forgot to ask Benn to go back.

"This ...... Ben, I'm glad you did a great job this time. Next time I go to Grenada, remember to tell old George and say that I like this rice very much...... Well...... rice…… Tell them to send more, understand? ”

"If you like it, I'll definitely bring more next time!" Seeing Marin happy, Ben was also flushed, and his bare head lit up a little.

"Well, before leaving, go to Kohler's side and claim the reward of 100 gold coins. Come and go, I'll write you a note......" Marin covered his stomach, found the paper, wrote a note, and asked Ben to go to Kohler to receive the reward of 100 gold coins.

For the reward, Ben is also very happy. Although it is not too much, it is definitely a lot of money for a small captain like Ben who has not yet received a knighthood. You must know that as a captain, although his salary is three times that of ordinary people, it is only 36 gold coins per year. Counting the sailing rewards, it is only about 50 gold coins per year. 100 gold coins are worth two years of his salary.

More importantly, this reward is not only an increase in material wealth, but also an honor. Because, every time money is awarded, a certificate of merit must be issued. This kind of parchment certificate can be hung at home as a display ......

This is also a kind of bad taste psychology of Marin, and the merits of some of his subordinates are not enough to be knighted and given land. But if you don't have a title and land, how can you go out and show off? So, Marin thought of the common awards in his previous school......

Parchment certificates are more durable than paper certificates. Hanging at home is also a kind of show-off. Moreover, it has the signature of Marin or Jeffrey on it, which is full of authority.

The certificate of merit that Ben got this time to prove that he was rewarded was a certificate issued by Kohler, and then signed by Prime Minister Jeffrey himself, which was used to hang it to show off, which was absolutely face-saving.

Moreover, Marlin rewards are generally in gold coins, unlike schools in the previous life, which rewarded pencils, notebooks and other worthless things.

Even people in the 20th century can fool the people of the 20th century (in the 21st century, it seems that they can't fool the common people, and the pennant can't do it), but it is still very good at fooling the European people at the end of the Middle Ages.

For example, after Ben got the certificate signed by Jeffrey, he was as happy as a child, and when he met an acquaintance, he deliberately showed it to others - Nima, why is it so much like Lao Tzu when he first received the certificate of progress award in his previous life......

Marin, who came out to breathe, suddenly remembered his green two-to-two years in his previous life after seeing the two-fold plot that Ben showed to his acquaintances with a sheepskin award......