Chapter 1107： Drink wine as water

As time came to the end of July, on the eve of the opening of the Cavaliers Competition, there were more wandering knights coming to Emden, reaching 1,500.

The reason for the sudden increase of hundreds of people was that the German wandering knights of the Teutonic Knights and the Livonia Knights returned.

In the past, because there were not many opportunities in Germany, many wandering knights ran to the Teutonic Knights and the Livonia Knights to find opportunities. After all, these two countries are dominated by knights. For example, the Teutonic Knights have more than 800 official Teutonic Knights and have the right to vote. The Livonia Order is similar, with hundreds of official knights.

It is only in these two knighthoods that there are hundreds of knights co-existing. In general, the country of Bern can count as dozens of knights. Some small uncles even have only three or five knights. Because these little uncles are too small themselves, and they cannot take out the knighthood. After all, not every Boland has thousands of square kilometers of land. Some small uncles, such as Ritterberg, are only more than two hundred square kilometers, which is only two or three townships. How many knights can be divided? This is not the worst. Some Bo Kingdoms are not even as large as a township in later generations. There is even a small Bo Kingdom with only one small city, also called Cheng Bo. Bo, which can have a land area of ​​2,000 square kilometers, is definitely a hero in Bo.

Moreover, after so many years, every cavalier family is giving birth to a son, resulting in too many wandering knights, and the chances of the German locals have been greatly reduced.

Under desperation, many wandering knights went directly to the Teutonic Knights and the Livonia Knights to find opportunities. After all, there are hundreds of official knights in both countries. Moreover, the knight is not hereditary. As long as the old Knights of the Teutonic Knights or the Livonia Knights have died of illness or accidents, the chance of these wandering knights will come ... and the two thousand Knights of the Knights of the Knights will always come out every year. Accidental or old dead. Therefore, there are relatively more opportunities there. Therefore, many wandering knights simply went directly to these two knights to find opportunities.

Of course, although there are many wandering knights going to the two knights, they are not as many as the locals. After all, the German region is the largest export base for knights in Europe. Moreover, not every knight likes to go to Eastern Europe.

More than 1500 wandering knights, together with their attendants, the total number exceeds 7,000. Fortunately, Marin built a huge camp of the level of 10,000 soldiers, which is enough. Moreover, the soldiers of the Second Army were watching closely, and not many people dared to make them. You know, the taste of being targeted by 2,500 muskets is absolutely uncomfortable. Accidentally, he was beaten into a sieve.

And the food supply of 7,000 to hundreds of people also brought a lot of pressure. You know, the more than 1,500 knights are all eating lunch with three vegetarian dishes. Moreover, it is provided free of charge, which is not a small expense.

Fortunately, this is July, and there are many vegetables on the market. If in the winter, Marin may not be able to provide vegetables, only bacon for the knights. After all, winter vegetables are much more expensive than bacon.

Every day, Marin will not only supply the bread and vegetables of this group, but also some meat dishes, as well as the drinks of more than 7,000 people.

Yes, each of these more than seven thousand people must drink. Even the knight's servant, in addition to giving a piece of Kohler bread for every meal, he also needs a glass of beer.

Some people may ask, why not give them plain water? After all, no matter how bad the beer is, it's made from grain.

Here we have to talk about the eating habits of medieval Europe. The ancient Europeans not only cooked fruits and cooked vegetables, but also drank drinks. Because, under normal circumstances, they do not drink white water.

This is because ancient Europeans were prone to stomach pain and illness after drinking raw water. In ancient Europe, the tragic medical technique, a diarrhea may go to God. Coupled with the great fear of the Black Death, Europeans later dared not drink raw water.

As for why not drink boiled water? There was no thermos in ancient times, and it was easy to cool off when the boiling water boiled. At that time, Europeans were ignorant of science, thinking that cool boiled water, like raw water, would make you sick if you drink it.

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

Generally speaking, nobles and priests generally drink wine to quench their thirst. And the wine is also graded. For example, the wines nobles and priests drink are generally made from the flesh of good grapes with good grains. Those malformed grapes and grapes that fall on the ground and other inferior grapes, as well as some inferior wines made from leftovers, are for the relatively conditional people in the ordinary people, that is, the medium people. Ordinary civilians can only drink beer.

Even beer is graded. The lower class nobles, such as knights and merchants, will meet the good beer with hops added. The poor can only drink bad and bad beer.

Of course, there are so poor that they can't even drink rancid wine. How do they rehydrate? Use rye granules directly (mainly the mill also needs money to grind, can't grind the flour, just put the whole granules directly), wild vegetables and bark, leaves and other things mixed together, porridge drink. There is enough water in the porridge. Although ancient Europeans did not know the health of boiling water, they also knew that drinking porridge is not easy to get sick.

In contrast to China, because of the development of tea culture, people entertain guests like to cook tea. Therefore, it is a good habit to drink boiled water. Even if there is no tea at home, I like to boil water to entertain guests. Therefore, ancient Chinese people did not need to drink rancid beer as a drink like Europeans, rich tea, and boiled water or cool boiled.

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The more than 1,500 wandering knights hosted by Marin ~ www.novelhall.com ~ are all from low-level noble families, and they are all Germans. Naturally, they are more used to drinking good-quality beer. Therefore, Marin provided the more than 1500 wandering knights with a large glass of dark beer added with hops for each meal. And their entourage drank ordinary beer without hops. But after all, Marin was not embarrassed to give rancid bad beer to his followers, and he also gave the beer without spoilage, so the overhead was not small.

In fact, Beihai has already promoted drinking Liangbai. However, this practice is not recognized by the outside world. And these wandering knights have been guests for a long time. In order not to make them feel indifferent, Marin can only provide a large glass of beer per ton in accordance with the general habits of Germany. Moreover, the wandering knights are provided with a better taste, but not easy to keep draught beer. But for those who serve, it is the ordinary cooked dark beer with a bad taste and no hops. After all, cooked beer has a longer shelf life and is more suitable for entertaining ordinary people.

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Marin shook his head and was speechless about the Europeans' habit of drinking wine as water. However, he could not convince others to accept his point of view. Because, he is difficult to explain. Is it a wave of popular science with everyone? Speaking of science? Isn't this the face of the Holy See ...