To be honest, Marin despised European pigs of this era, not to mention their small size and few calves. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoEuropean domestic pigs in this era only give birth to a few piglets in one litter. It's like the Taihu pig raised by Ma Lin's family in his previous life, it's called a cow, one litter can give birth to more than a dozen piglets, and a tall litter can give birth to more than 20 piglets......

Pigs do not have family planning, and the more calves the better. In this way, the scale of breeding is also expanding rapidly. Moreover, Taihu pigs are larger and grow faster than current European pigs. It can be said that all aspects are completely explosive. Later, Europeans specially introduced and crossbred to improve the quality of native European pigs.

However, Taihu pigs appeared in the Wanli period at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Now, Wanli's grandfather Jiajing has not yet ascended the throne. However, in the generation of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there should be excellent breeds of domestic pigs. If it can be introduced, it can also greatly promote the pig industry.

In fact, Marin not only wanted to introduce Taihu pigs, but also wheat varieties from the Ming Dynasty. Because, the wheat of the native varieties of Europe is too pitiful at the moment. Not to mention the low yield, the growth cycle is super long!

Generally, after the wheat is planted in November, it will not be harvested until October of the following year. Nimad, the growth cycle is almost a year old, what kind of broken variety?

You must know that in the previous life of Marin's hometown, it was rice and wheat continuous cropping. Wheat is planted in November and harvested in late May of the following year. Then, the rice was planted in June and harvested in October...... It's just right, you sing and I'll appear......

In other words, the growth cycle of wheat in China is several months shorter than that of the current broken varieties of wheat in Europe! Not to mention wheat, but also rye, which is sown in the spring and harvested in October. As a result, arable land can only be planted once a year, which is very inefficient. But Marlin can't help it, it's just such a breed. He used potash and phosphate fertilizers, but only allowed the rye to be harvested about 20 days earlier. If you want to be early, you have to change the variety......

Therefore, Ma Lin plans to find an opportunity to go to Daming, introduce Taihu pig varieties, and introduce Chinese wheat varieties with short growth cycles and higher yields. In this way, agriculture and animal husbandry will be given greater promotion.

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Because he thought of a good way to use pigs to consume some of the food, Marin was happy. So, he planned to have a drink......

In fact, Marin hadn't been drinking in a long time. At home, probably under the influence of the Italian side and the Holy See, Angela and Felice used to drinking red wine. According to religious interpretation, drinking red wine is equivalent to drinking "holy blood". However, Marin is not used to drinking red wine. Therefore, he would rather drink plain water than red wine. In fact, Marlin prefers to drink tea and also likes to drink milk tea. It's a pity that there is no ...... now

And, previously, in order to save food, Marin had advocated drinking boiled water instead of beer in East Friesland. Today, however, he was happy, so he planned to go to the tavern for a beer......

In fact, in Marin's house, in addition to Marin, Hoffman Sr. and Adler also liked to drink beer. It's just that after Marin got married, he generally didn't eat with his parents and brothers. Only during the holidays will they sit down to eat together, but they also drink some red wine with their wife Angela.

It's not that Marin doesn't like to drink beer. In fact, Marlin is a big beer drinker. However, in this era, there was no requirement for the production of beer to include hops (this rule was only mandatory by the Duke of Bavaria in 1516), so the taste was not good. If you don't add hops, you lose the unique flavor of beer. Also, the beer will be more rancid, and it will add up to a sour taste, a bit like the smell of swill......

As a result, Marin was not used to the beer of this era......

It's not that there are no hops, but they grow like hops in southern Germany. In the northern region, there are no hops. If you want it, you have to go to the south and buy it......

Where would the average person be willing to spend money to go to the south to buy hops back? Even the amount of hops used is not much......

Therefore, the beer that ordinary people drink is basically "swill" beer without hops, and Marin would rather drink plain water than drink this beer. So, for a long time, Marin forgot about the taste of beer......

Walking into a tavern in Aurich, the bartender greeted him warmly when he saw the Earl coming, and recommended a variety of high-end wines - low-grade wines were not in keeping with Marin's status......

"Look, Lord Count, this is a high-end dark beer from Dortmund, the kind with hops......"

Dortmund ...... Stout ......" Marin seemed to be inspired by something, but he didn't remember it for a moment. So, as a result, the bartender handed me the Dortmund stout, and I tasted it slowly.

Probably because of the addition of hops, Dortmund stout tastes very good, relatively mellow and slightly sweet, and the bitterness of the hops is not obvious. According to the bartender, this is the specialty of Bohr, the brewmaster of Dortmund......

In fact, the Free City of Dortmund, as a Hanseatic city, has been brewing beer for more than 200 years. However, Munich in the south is said to have stronger winemaking skills......

After drinking, Marin felt that it was not enough, so he took a barrel back to the palace. It just so happened that when they met old Hoffman, father and son had a few drinks together.

"Ah, it's an authentic Dortmund stout, it's so refreshing to drink!" It is clear that the elder Hoffmann is a lover of dark beer. Moreover, the home of the Hoffmann family is located near Bochum, not far from Dortmund. The elder Hoffmann used to drink Dortmund stout, but there were fewer opportunities. In general, Hoffman Sr. drank inferior beer without hops. After all, the family was not rich in the past......

"Is it that good?" Marin was a little confused. He just thought it was just better than the bad rancidity beers without hops.

In fact, although Marin drank a lot of beer in his previous life, it was more just to get together with more friends, drink beer together, and eat barbecue...... That feeling is very good...... So, Marlin just likes the feeling of drinking beer and eating barbecue, not how much he likes to drink beer......

But the elder Hoffmann was different, he was an authentic German guy, and his love of beer was incomprehensible to people in other countries. Drinking an authentic master-brewed stout, the elder Hoffman was even a little excited......

"I'll tell you, Marlin, these good wines are made by the master brewers who fought for the black malt, hops, and the clear spring water in the mountains, and spent a lot of effort to make them......"

"What did you just say?" Marin suddenly stood up and asked with a blazing gaze at old Hoffman, looking a little excited......

"What? Putting on a face at you? Don't look at you as an earl, I'll beat you up! "Old Hoffman was dissatisfied with Marlin's attitude, and thought that Marlin was angry with him......

"No, Daddy, I ask you what you just said, it's important to me!" Marin said earnestly.

"Oh, I think about it, it looks like a master with black malt ......"

"That's right! That's it! Black malt! Marin jumped up excitedly......

"What happened to the black malt?" Old Hoffman was a little confused......

"Dad, there is so much food in our house that there is nowhere to put it, and there is rye everywhere. In order to store all this rye, I built a new town...... You think, rye, can't it develop into black malt? Wouldn't it be possible to brew a delicious dark beer with hops and spring water? ”

Marin just had an epiphany, and came up with a brilliant idea - to take out some of the grain and vigorously brew dark beer......

He has so much rye in his hands that he is dying, and a ton of rye can make 10 tons of beer. So much rye, God knows how much stout can be brewed......

"But we don't have hops...... There are no master brewers either......" said Old Hoffman puzzled.

It's not that rye makes a good stout. There must also be hops and masters who know how to brew dark beer......

"What are you afraid of? The last thing I lack for your son is money. Hops, right? I sent someone to the south to buy a large batch back! Master brewers, right? Smash it with money! Throw a handful of gold coins and smash him in the face, I don't believe he won't come! Marin said domineeringly in a very "nouveau riche" tone......

Then, Marin really sent his men to southern Germany......

His men were divided into three routes, all the way to buy hops; Go all the way to Dortmund, take a lot of gold coins, and "smash" the top beer brewing masters; The other way is also to "smash" the top beer brewing masters with gold coins, but it is to Munich......

At the same time, after the departure of these three groups, Marin also sent people to various places to buy new oak barrels for beer brewing. You know, wine made in oak barrels tastes much better......

As long as there is good beer, you can't sell it if you don't believe it. You know, Marlin suddenly remembered that most Germans are beer lovers. As long as there is good wine, there will be a market......

In this way, it can be regarded as helping Marlin dispose of a lot of accumulated rye. Moreover, it is not as conspicuous as the direct sale of grain in large quantities......