This combination of tactics is really invincible. The single-headed shell smashed a hole in the wooden city gate, which was light and without any pressure. And the Nord's glue-pump can easily break the city gate with more than ten times the power of black gunpowder. And the wheelbarrow with an iron plate cover, the enemy who has never seen before will be stunned.
In this era, Europe seemed to have no stray bullets. The famous grenadiers did not appear until the 17th century. Before that, the Byzantine Empire had appeared in Greek fire pots thrown by hands. The so-called Greek fire pots were actually similar to the later Molotov cocktail moulding bottles, and probably were extracted from oil. It is said that the Greek fire was brought to Constantinople by a Syrian craftsman, and the oil came from the West Asia region. The reason why Byzantine failed to stop Turkey was because Turkey occupied the West Asian part of Byzantine first, which cut off the supply of oil for the raw materials for the Greek fire. Otherwise, the Turkish fleet could not cross the strait.
What’s interesting is that the Byzantine Empire attached great importance to the secrets of Greek fire, like Marin. Moreover, it was kept secret for centuries and was very powerful. Even after the demise of Byzantium, the secret of Greek fire was lost.
But according to Arab records, Greek fires look like petrol bombs. Therefore, it is not nonsense to call the gasoline barrels he created a Greek fire. The only thing that Marin didn't understand was how the Byzantines sprayed Greek fires to a distance of 50 yards. If they mastered this technology, naval battles would be invincible. Because the ships were all made of wood and were sprayed by Greek fires and had no ability to resist.
Unfortunately, it seems that the Greek fire was lost due to the death of Constantine XI, the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Perhaps it was only the emperor who controlled this secret, and the royal branch that escaped later seemed to have not mastered this secret. Otherwise, with the virtue of the Byzantine exiled Emperor Andres Pariologus willing to sell even the crown and the throne, the Greek fire would have been sold long ago. Moreover, it is certain that the secret recipe of Greek fire must be more popular than the Byzantine crown and the throne that only has a false name. Not to mention anything else, if Andres Pariologus really had a secret recipe of Greek fire, especially the secret recipe that fired the Greek fire 50 yards away, others would not know, Marin would definitely be willing to buy hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Even millions of gold coins could be accepted. Because, after mastering this secret technique, burning the enemy's wooden ship was like playing.
In fact, Marin did not completely understand the principle of the flamethrower. But it seems that if you can use canned liquefied gas to spray fire, it will be 10 meters away. Spraying 50 yards is not very understandable by the genius inventor Marin. Because this distance has reached the range of individual flamethrowers in later generations. If you can obtain this technology, let alone burning a boat and playing, burning enemy infantry is also easy and simple. Because the 50-yard spray distance is about the same as the distance that the smoothbore gun can aim. It takes luck to hit the enemy, and it is bound to hit the flamethrower. Moreover, if you sweep it across, it will not only burn one person, but it is much more harmful than the smoothbore gun. Moreover, in the face of a big fire, the war horses of the cavalry on the opposite side will definitely not dare to rush over. After all, animals are instinctive to be afraid of fire.
Originally, Marin planned to ask the alchemist master and apprentice, Singid and Cruz, to help figure out flamethrowing technology. But after thinking about it, Marin gave up. After all, he still had to rely on the pair of masters to help prepare digestive dry oil and Norse's glue. If the firewire is accidentally killed by gasoline due to the development of the flamethrower, it will be a big loss. Therefore, the flamethrower will go as it pleases.
But unexpectedly, the alchemist apprentice Cruz brought a huge surprise to Marin...
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What surprise did Cruz bring to Marin? It turned out that this guy accidentally dripped the raw material for digesting dry oil into inferior wine. As a result, two days later, when drinking wine again, the astringent taste of inferior wine disappeared and became much better.
Upon hearing the news, Malin stood up:
"Damn, this seems to be Tang Qianzi's method to treat fruit wine by glycerin!"
Before traveling through time in his previous life, Malin read a novel called "XX Great Song Dynasty". The protagonist of the chemical man Tang Crazy, seems to use glycerin to remove the bitter taste in the fruit wine. According to Tang Crazy's theory, the tannins in the fruit wine are the source of the bitter taste. Using glycerin can react with tannins, decompose the tannins in the fruit wine and remove the bitter taste. Moreover, glycerin has a sweet taste and makes the liquid taste better, which is similar to juice.
In fact, in later generations, glycerin was a food additive. At the same time, it was also an important main ingredient for moisturizing cosmetics and had a wide range of uses. However, edible glycerin is different from industrial glycerin. Just like the difference between industrial salt and edible salt, industrial glycerin is easy to mix chemical raw materials, which is harmful to the human body.
But Tang Qianzi once said that when using tartar and lard, add less lard (or other animal fat) to ensure that all tartar is consumed. In this way, the glycerin produced will basically have no residue of bad substances and can be used as edible glycerin.
In addition, glycerin and digestive dry oil are two substances. They are not as dangerous as digestive dry oil, nor do they have the drug effect of digestive dry oil to dilate blood vessels, so they are relatively safe.
Moreover, in many high-quality wines, glycerin is already obtained, which enhances the quality of the wine. After all, glycerin can break down tannins, remove bitterness, and increase sweetness.
However, that is something that only high-quality wines have. Low-quality wines do not have that thing. In other words, lack that thing.
What Marin didn't know was that many cheap wines and fruit wines in later generations actually added edible glycerin to eliminate bitter taste. After all, not every wine can produce enough glycerin by itself. Only the top wine can produce enough glycerin by itself.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Moreover, the glycerin produced by wine itself can improve the taste and quality of the wine more than the added glycerin. The main function of adding glycerin is to remove bitter taste, which is much worse for the taste enhancement than the self-generated glycerin of wine.
However, that was according to the standards of later generations. For this era, wine had no bitter taste, even high-end wine.
The bitter taste in wine mainly comes from grape skins and grape seeds. Because the tannin content is high in both. However, tannins are also more useful. Its reaction with other substances in wine enhances the complex taste of the wine.
If you want to remove the bitter taste, there is only one way for wines in this era - to remove grape skins and seeds, and use only grape meat to make wine!
This kind of wine made with only grape meat is actually white wine. Because, mainly coloring, the grape skins that turn red in the wine are abandoned. While giving up the bitter taste, they also give up the redness.
However, in Europe, the mainstream is still red wine. Because red wine has a religious color and is called "holy blood". In this era when the religious atmosphere is very strong, although white wine tastes better, it was only drunk by a few nobles. The members of the church still drink more red wine because of "holy blood". Even many Catholic nobles usually drink red wine with a stronger bitter taste.
Of course, the red wines that the nobles drank must have the lightest bitterness and were brewed by masters and were also very expensive. The red wines that the common people drank were cheaper. Of course, the astringent taste was also very strong. But no matter what, even if they had astringent taste, it tasted much better than the rancid and inferior beer in bulk.
Many ordinary people cannot even afford to drink inferior bitter wine, but can only drink rancid inferior beer.
In this era, a gallon of ordinary Bordeaux wines cost only three or four Finneys. Local German wines are a little more expensive, ranging from 6 to 8 Finneys.
One gallon is equal to 8 pints, while one pint is approximately 0.5675 liters, which is a little more than half a liter. In a tavern, the volume of wooden cups is generally one pint, and the selling price is also calculated based on the cup. Generally speaking, the price of ordinary wine is 0.5 to 1 Finney.
But this price is still too expensive for ordinary people, because ordinary people's salary is only 2 Finneys per day. If you add 2 Finneys to 100 yuan, then 0.5 Finney is about 25 yuan. 25 yuan per glass of wine. In the era of abundant supplies in later generations, ordinary people can't afford it!
The rancid beer is very cheap because it is rancid, and you can drink two cups of brass coin in Beihai Country. One brass coin is one eighth of Finny. In other words, one thousand cups of inferior beer can drink 16 cups of inferior beer. The price difference between the two is about 8 times.
Therefore, wine is not something that the poor can afford. Only ordinary people with a little asset can afford inferior wine. However, there is no need to worry about poor sales of wine. Because it is "holy blood", red wine is very popular in Europe. Even ordinary people have to drink "holy blood" on some religious festivals. Unless this family can't afford the cheapest wine, there is nothing to say.
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Besides, this high-end red wine is generally produced in Burgundy, which has a good climate and is very suitable for grape growth. Moreover, the masters of winemaking are also very skilled. In addition, it is the Bordeaux region, which is the largest wine producing area in Western Europe.
Of course, for now, the quality of wine in Bordeaux is still very average. Only the Lafite winery, which Marin secretly supports, uses oak barrels to make wine, can improve the quality. Oak barrels can absorb tannins, reduce the bitterness of the wine, and enhance the taste.
Therefore, in the past two years, Lafite wine has risen quickly. The bitter taste has reduced a lot, and has also become a high-end wine, becoming a powerful challenger for Burgundy wine.
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However, the effect of making wine with oak barrels and absorbing tannins is too slow. Moreover, oak barrels are also relatively expensive. The fastest way is to add a little glycerin to the well-made inferior wine, seal the barrel for a while, and then unseal it...
At this time, the wine taste may still not keep up with the high-end Burgundy wine. However, at least the bitterness is removed.
In this era, Europeans had little knowledge. Without bitter wine, even high-end wines. Even if they are not considered the most advanced, they cannot compare with the best wines in Burgundy, they can still be compared with Lafite wines.
What is the price of high-end wine? 5 gold coins per gallon! The average value of each cup (1 pint) is 37.50 per cup! This price is 75 times that of inferior wine!
The wine that uses glycerin to remove bitter taste is definitely not the highest-end one, and there is definitely a difference in taste. However, it is still okay to mix in the second gear. The price of the second gear is about 1 gold coin per gallon, which is 7.5 per cup of Finney, which is 15 times that of inferior wine!
If Marin imported inferior wines from Bordeaux at the price of three or four Finneys per gallon and sold them at the second level, the profit would be more than ten times!
Not to mention the second gear, even if it is the third gear and the fourth gear, only a few times the profit is enough to make Marlin excited!
And most importantly, wine has such a big sales volume!
The royal salute that Marin had made before was indeed very popular and had a lot of profits. A bottle of wine can be sold up to 5 gold coins, making a profit.
Why is the royal salute so expensive? Because it does not have the bitter taste of ordinary wines. It also has a good taste with maple syrup. With exquisite packaging and very stylish publicity, the price will naturally go up. At least 1 gold coin per bottle, which is simply a huge profit.
But the problem is that the royal salute is only popular in the secular world. Moreover, only the great nobles and wealthy merchants can afford it. Therefore, sales are limited.
Moreover, Western Europeans are different from Eastern Europeans and do not like spirits. Therefore, the sales of royal salutes are limited.
But wine is different. Because it is popular to drink red wine in religious rituals, the amount is very large. In addition, in this era, most priests were rich and were very high-quality consumer groups.
But these wealthy priests usually only drink red wine and do not consume royal salutes, which makes Marin helpless.
Marin sent people to count it roughly and found that half of the rich people in Germany are middle and high-ranking church members, and are richer than the nobles. Many nobles actually pretend to be fat, but they are actually very poor and need to borrow money to live.
And the people in the church are really rich. They can collect tithes, sell indulgences, and donate them by believers... and a lot of land benefits...
In addition, like the ancient temples in China, many churches also lend money. Although they are not as dark as the bald people in China, the annual interest rate is still 15% to 30%, which is very profitable.
Therefore, the church people had a lot of money. Later, so many princes joined Protestantism, not just supporting Martin Luther, but trying to seize the church’s property and land!
Ordinary priests may not be willing to drink the highest level of 5 gold coins per gallon of red wine, which is what the bishop-level bosses drink. However, the second level of 1 gold coins per gallon of red wine has no bitter taste, so many priests are willing to drink and can afford it.
Chapter completed!