Chapter 631： Military drink

After the bright milk powder was produced, Marin sent a few bags to each of the nobles, which was considered an advertisement in advance. After all, in this era, the nobility led the trend. In the absence of stars, the aristocratic lifestyle is the object of follow-up and imitation in the whole society. Of course, civilians can only imitate what is in line with the rules. Some illegal things cannot be imitated.

Of course, there are no rules for eating, as long as you have the money to buy, you can eat anything-except human flesh ...

Something like milk powder is actually the powder of dried milk, which is not technically difficult. Other people can figure it out by thinking about it.

Marin certainly knows this, but he is not worried about competitors. Why? Because others do n’t know how to seal milk powder ...

According to the rules of later generations, after unpacking 400 grams of milk powder, it is best to drink it within two weeks. Otherwise, milk powder is easily spoiled by bacteria.

Therefore, in general milk powder, if the sterilization and sealing problems are not done well, the milk powder will be broken within a month. After Marin is sterilized and sealed at high temperature, it can be stored for a long time.

According to the standards of later generations, the shelf life of milk powder is generally 18 to 24 months, the longest even reaching 3 years. However, Marin feels that with his current soil technology, it may not be preserved for so long. After all, he didn't add any preservatives. Therefore, Marin decided to set the shelf life of milk powder to 1 year. In this way, it can be safer and avoid accidents.

But even so, such a long shelf life is very scary. You know, the shelf life of fresh milk is only three days. If you don't drink it in time, it will break. It ’s terrible to drink broken milk, no diarrhea ...

Therefore, Marin's men expressed enough surprise for the one-year shelf life of milk powder. Especially Schwartz, he keenly discovered that milk powder has such a long shelf life and can be used as military supplies. Of course, under the current conditions, it can only be used as military supplies. As for ordinary soldiers, there is no luxury enough for ordinary soldiers to drink brewed milk powder ...

The reason why Schwartz thinks that milk powder can be used as a military officer's material, in addition to the long shelf life of milk powder, there are also reasons for convenience.

Earl milk tea is delicious, but it needs to be cooked. Only people who have enough leisure time can slowly wait to make milk tea. Moreover, tea is also expensive now.

But milk powder is different, as long as the water is boiled and brewed directly, you can drink it quickly. Moreover, after adding sugar, the milk powder tastes better than wine.

Another problem is that during the war, officers should not drink alcohol, so as not to delay the warplane. However, as an officer, you can't drink boiled water. That's too much. Therefore, this kind of milk powder that can be brewed has become the best drink for officers when they are thirsty-delicious, easy to store, easy to carry and use, and is there a drink more suitable for officers than milk powder?

For Schwartz's proposal, Marin expressed a high degree of approval. Of course, this is only necessary to quit drinking in wartime. European mercenaries are used to drinking. If they are forbidden to drink alcohol at ordinary times, it will be rebounded. Therefore, Ma Lin usually does not prohibit officers and men from drinking, but strictly prohibits them from being drunk. Usually, it is okay for the soldiers to drink some beer. Beer is a national drink of Germany.

However, during the war, drinking is easy to make mistakes. Marin led troops on several expeditions. During the war, he was banned from drinking alcohol. Schwartz also traveled many times, knowing the difficulties of the soldiers. It's okay to let those soldiers drink plain water in wartime. Anyway, the soldiers have low status and no human rights. But those officers of good background, let them drink boiled water, those officers will feel ashamed. Therefore, it is necessary to find them a non-alcoholic beverage. The milk powder is durable, easy to carry and easy to use, and has become the first choice of wartime officers ...

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In this regard, Marin also had no opinion and approved Schwartz's proposal, intending to take out a batch of milk powder as a special offer for wartime officers. However, in order to prevent the milk powder from breaking down, Malinte used 400 grams of packaging. Because, if the packaging is too large, it takes longer to drink after unpacking, and it is easier to make the milk powder deteriorate. The 400-gram package is just right, unpacked, as long as you drink it within two weeks, it's just right.

Therefore, Marin used 400 grams of packaging and marked on the oil paper bag-"It is best to drink it within two weeks after unpacking to avoid deterioration."

In fact, Marin prefers to make coffee a military beverage. Because coffee can be refreshing, it is good to let officers drink coffee during the day.

However, for now, the cultivation and production of coffee is monopolized by the Arabs. It wasn't until the Turks laid siege to Vienna in 1570 that when a retreat, a packet of coffee seeds was left, that the coffee fell to Europe. Therefore, it is very difficult for Marin to get coffee even now, even if it is available, the price is very expensive. Because, in the Arab region, coffee is also used as a medicine ...

The problem of tea is similar to that of coffee. Tea is now far in China. Even if it is successfully introduced, it will take a few years to grow and provide products. So, at the present stage, milk powder is really the best military beverage, specially for military officers ...

However, for the future development plan, Marin decided-not only to get tea seeds from Daming, but also to get coffee seeds.

To this end, Marin decided to send a spy to www.novelhall.com to go to the Arab region to buy coffee seeds at a high price in private. Then, take it to the tropical regions of the Americas for planting. Turkey is hostile to Europe, but Egypt ’s Mamluk dynasty is not hostile to Europe. As long as you send someone to Egypt to spend a lot of money, you can still get coffee seeds. As for tea, then it goes without saying that as long as Daming's trade is opened, it is still easy to get. As long as they can ascend to the land of Daming and offer a reward of one thousand or two silvers in private, some people are willing to give tea tree seeds and even get some tea farmers.

Malin intends to occupy Taiwan Island as a foothold anyway, and the climate and terrain of Taiwan Island is just right for growing tea. The requirements of the tea tree are-hilly area, subtropical or tropical climate, sufficient precipitation, good drainage ...

As it happens, the island of Taiwan is very suitable-the terrain on the island is undulating, there are many hills, and it is very suitable to grow tea. Oolong tea and high mountain tea in Housaitai Island are very famous ...

When the tea planting on Taiwan Island develops, it will bring tea tree seeds and tea farmers to the Americas to open up new tea gardens.

In short, Marin wants Europeans to lead a good life of drinking coffee and tea early. However, for now, drinking brewed milk powder seems more realistic. Therefore, at present, the military supply beverages exclusively for military officers can only be the milk powder with the lowest cost ... Well, it is a bright milk powder packaged in oil paper ...