In fact, although what Marin said is a bit exaggerated, it is not unexistent. Generally, the shelf life of fresh water is only about one week, and if it exceeds a week, the fresh water will become stinky. Because, there are a lot of bacteria in it, and it is no longer drinkable.

Later, people brought rum, a spirit, and drank it with some spoiled fresh water, barely enough. Because rum is a strong liquor, it has a certain bactericidal effect, so it will not hurt your stomach. But sometimes, things go wrong, and a lot of sailors hang up like that.

During the voyage, rainwater collection is indeed an important means of replenishing fresh water. But if you are unlucky, you have encountered fine weather for a long time, and you are really in the middle of the sea, drinking urine is really a helpless choice.

However, this problem does not exist in the North Sea State. Because, Marin has long thought of the method of steaming canned food to obtain "canned water" that can be stored for a long time, which perfectly solves this problem. Moreover, in the long-term encounter of fine weather, Marin also has a killer feature - the sun cooker......

As long as the seawater is boiled in a solar cooker, and then through a simple circulation condensing device, the water vapor after boiling the seawater can be condensed into clean distilled water, which can be used for drinking.

Of course, none of this Marin will tell Magellan. Because, he is not his own person yet. However, it seems that it is not difficult to make Magellan his own. From the original history of Magellan's decisive abandonment of Portugal and the embrace of Spain, it can be concluded that this product is not patriotic, only loves the future. Therefore, Marin also began to woo......

"Mr. Magellan, we are very short of nautical talents in Beihai Country, and we are in great need of nautical professionals like you to join, are you willing to come to Beihai Country to help me?" Marin smiled kindly, and his tone was sincere. In this era, it is simply a very polite corporal.

Magellan hesitated, as if he was reluctant to give up on the ideal of circumnavigating the world. However, he then thought - I want to sail around the world, isn't it just for fame and fortune? Well, let's look at the sincerity of the other party first......

To tell the truth, in the Age of Discovery, every one of those navigators was noble. They are either keen on fame and fortune or are part of the pirates. In short, there are no good people.

Marin also guessed the other party's thoughts, and after pondering for a while, he spoke:

"We have a special trade route with Egypt in the North Sea country, and the commander of this route, Maurice, a hereditary knight, is unwell recently and plans to retire in a few years."

"Well, then, I will appoint you as the captain of one of the galleys, and first adapt to the lower Egyptian routes. After a few trips, I will slowly arrange for you to be the deputy of the Grand Knight of Maurice, and gradually take over the affairs of the entire Egyptian route within a few years, and become the general director of this route......"

Marin's price is not low, and the Egyptian route is very important for the North Sea Kingdom. This is because most of the soda needed for the glass industry in the North Sea and the sodium sulfate (sodium sulfate) for paper making are imported from Egypt.

The glass industry is good to say, if the source of miscanthus is cut off, the paper industry in Canada will soon come to a halt, and the consequences will be more serious.

Of course, at the moment, Marin actually has other options. For example, miscanthus salt, which was imported from the Ming Dynasty and used for chemical pulp in papermaking. But Marin now needed to prop up the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt against the expansion of the Ottoman Turks. Therefore, he had to continue to purchase high-priced manganese from Egypt in order to support Egypt in disguise.

At the same time, Marin deliberately procured a large number of trained Mamluk slaves from Egypt to allow the Mamluk nobles in Egypt to make profits. At the same time, camels were even imported from Egypt......

Frankly, camels are really useless to Marin. Because, most of his land is rich in water, and there are few arid areas.

However, in semi-arid areas such as the Pampas, camels can be used to cultivate the land. After all, camels are not small in strength, and their speed is faster than that of oxen.

But the problem is that camels are not able to adapt to the climate of humid regions and are prone to illness. Therefore, Marin bought the camel, but he was actually worried about what to do with it.

At present, the camels bought by Egypt are mainly used on the Sahara trade route from Laayoune to Timbuktu. This is the most contracted place, and it is also the place where the Egyptian dromedary camel can best display its abilities.

In addition, Marin also tried to exchange camels for horses with Arabs in North Africa. Arabs in North Africa generally have horses of Arabian horse blood. Although the pedigree is not as pure as that of the Arabian horse on the Arabian Peninsula, it is also a very good breed.

However, the herders of North Africa are also very cunning and are not willing to exchange one for one with Marin, only willing to exchange two camels for one horse. Strictly speaking, Marlin is at a loss. Because, a good horse in North Africa is slightly more valuable than a camel, but it is far from the point where two camels are exchanged for a horse. After all, horses are also worthless to the nomads of North Africa.

But it was useless for Marlin to ask for camels, but it was more useful for horses. Therefore, he would rather lose his money and exchange the camels he bought from Egypt with the North Africans in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. As for Libya, he tried to change horses, but quickly gave up......

Why? Because the Libyan region is close to Egypt. Previously, Marin had merchant ships dock to exchange Egyptian camels for local herders. As a result, the herders turned around and sold their camels to Egyptian traders. Then, Marin's men saw the camels that had been exchanged for camels in the Egyptian market......

This was obviously a bit of a trick on himself, so Marin later stopped letting people do this kind of business in Libya, which is close to Egypt. Moreover, Libya is extremely short of water, and there are not many horses.

But even so, Marin bought too many Egyptian camels, and there was still too much room for them. In desperation, Marin had no choice but to order the camels to be slaughtered and made into camel meat.

Marin remembers that the hump seemed to be a famous dish in later generations. Let the imperial chef recruited by Daming make it, and it's really delicious!

But the rest of the camel meat has a bit of a big flavor (dromedary camels live in hot areas all year round, so the smell is a bit big). It's not mutton, but it's a little weird, like the curry flavor of Indians.

However, it's not impossible to deal with it. For example, you can learn from the young people of the northwest in later generations and use cumin to taste. Moreover, Egypt is rich in cumin, and it is still the origin of cumin. Therefore, Marin placed orders directly with the locals and imported a large amount of cumin powder.

You must know that cumin powder is a barbecue artifact, and it is also a deodorizing artifact. Ordinary camel meat, sprinkled with cumin, accompanied by a little chili powder or pepper, immediately becomes fragrant.

Marin later simply set up a processing base, slaughtering surplus camels imported from Egypt and making roasted camel meat. Then, put it in an oiled paper bag and heat it up and seal it. In this way, you can make delicious roasted camel jerky that can be sold as a flavored food. Or, it can also be used as military rations.

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This time, Magellan was sent to Egypt by Marin to be in charge of trade with Egypt, and was specifically responsible for importing Egyptian natural soda, miscanthus salt, slaves, camels, cumin powder and other goods.

The reason for this choice is because Marin wants to dispel Magellan's idea of going on a great voyage and do things for him with peace of mind. And, in order to attract Magellan's interest, Marin also told Magellan about the pyramids and the Sphinx in Egypt.

At this time, the colonists had not yet entered Egypt, and they did not know much about Egypt. Therefore, this knowledge is very new to the average European, and Magellan also listened to it with relish.

After listening to Marin's story, Magellan really became interested in Egypt, an ancient civilization, and even planned to visit the pyramids and the Sphinx.

However, before agreeing to Marin's solicitation, Magellan cautiously asked the answer he wanted to know most - what are the benefits of being the head of the Egyptian route......

Marin smiled and said to Magellan:

"If you become a captain, you have a high chance of being canonized as a third-class knight, that is, an ordinary knight who is not hereditary; If you become an adjutant of the fleet, you have a high chance of being canonized as a second-class knight, which can be hereditary for three generations; If you become the head of the route, you will be at least a second-class knight, and it is very likely that you will be named a first-class hereditary knight, that is, a grand knight, like Morris. If there is any great merit, it can even be promoted to the baron......"

"Grand Knight...... The baron ...... "Magellan, who was keen on fame and fortune, was red-eyed......

"Okay, I'm done!"

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