After leaving Milan, Marin and his party continued to go south and prepared to go to the Republic of Genea. As for why they wanted to go to Genea, Marin lost to find lemons.

As a fan of the great sailing, Marin knew well that in the 18th century, the British discovered that drinking lemon tea could prevent scurvy. Drop a few drops of lemon juice into fresh water, which could also make the barrel of fresh water that broke in a week and would not be damaged for one or two months.

A friend of Marin's previous life was a fat man who loved to drink dried lemon soaked in water. Although the fat man's meat did not decrease much, it also had some effect. Moreover, the dried lemon soaked in water by Marin was bitter and astringent, and it was very difficult to drink. However, dry lemon soaked in water can indeed supplement vitamins and extend the time when fresh water deteriorates.

Geneva was the first place in Italy to start growing lemons, around the beginning of the 15th century. Today, although lemons have also begun to grow in other parts of Italy, the scale of the planting cannot be compared with Geneva.

So, Marin went to Geneva to see if there were any dried lemons stored by fruit farmers, so that they could buy a batch. Sailors soaked in water by drinking dried lemons can also prevent scurvy.

You should know that in this era, nautical scurvy was really terrible. When Da Gama's fleet returned to China, two people died of four ships, including Da Gama's younger brother. These sailors basically died of scurvy.

Therefore, as long as you overcome scurvy and encounter storms or reefs in a very unlucky way, the survival rate of sailing is quite high. As for other diseases, you don’t worry much. Because sailors are stronger than ordinary people and are less likely to have general diseases.

Marin led his team across the Po River, heading south, leaving the Duchy of Milan, and soon arrived in the Genea region. However, the city of Milan was in chaos.

Leonardo da Vinci was a very favored palace member. You should know that when Bianca Maria Sforza married Maximilian I, the relevant matters were under the leadership of Leonardo da Vinci. His disappearance made the Duke of Milan very angry.

A large number of soldiers searched the villa where Da Vinci lived and clues nearby. But that was useless, because in this era, professional police had not yet risen and there were no powerful detectives. In addition, Marin was also a modern person who had read too many detective novels and paid great attention to anti-reconnaissance. Even when he took Da Vinci out of the city, Marin and his men's faces were not panicked at all.

Moreover, when entering Milan City, Marin also uses a forged identity proof. As for how to forge it? It's too simple - carrot seal engraving...

In his previous life, a high school classmate of Marin did not get into college, and later started a business of obtaining fake certificates. Marin thought it was fun for a while, so he learned to carve seals with this classmate for a while, and he learned it very well. Therefore, he used carrots to forge a batch of parchment identity certificates based on the identity certificates of other German merchants, and forged official seals in the territory of Shenluo. For those little officers who defended the city in the Middle Ages, there was no problem at all. Even if they were inferred that they had problems, they could only trace the so-called "German merchants".

Therefore, Marin was not worried that things would be related to him, and walked on the official road with his subordinates. Moreover, these people were either riding horses or catching cars, and they were moving very fast.

After entering Geneva, Marin began to send people to inquire about the lemon plantation and prepare to buy dried lemons. It is early May now, and there must be no fresh lemons on the market. Therefore, Marin could only seek to buy dried lemons left by the growers last year.

可是,一连问了好几个种植园,都没有存留的柠檬干.因为,热内亚地区似乎开始流行食用柠檬了,导致柠檬销路不错,还销往意大利其他地方.

马林很苦恼,柠檬干是他非常想要的东西.因为,没有柠檬,航海实在太危险了.要是航海重要人才得坏血病死了,那就亏大了.

However, there must be no fresh lemons at the moment. If you want lemons, you must wait for the autumn lemon harvest season. However, Da Gama is about to set off in July. Marin failed to get a complete set of navigation hydrological data on the west coast of Africa, so he could only send a stern to Da Gama. Therefore, it is necessary to get something to prevent scurvy before July.

在一个柠檬种植园,收购柠檬干再次失败后,马林无聊地掐了一片柠檬树叶,放进嘴里嚼着玩……

这是马林前世留下的一个怪癖,无聊想问题的我时候,喜欢随手掐下一片树叶或草叶,放在嘴里嚼着玩……

嘴里突然传来苦涩的味道,把马林的神魂拉了回来.马林突然怔住了……

他隐约间记起,后来的大英帝国水手们,多半也不是用柠檬干泡水喝的——那是军官才有的待遇.普通水手,压根就是泡柠檬树叶水喝的,低端多了……

“对啊,这些柠檬树叶也不错的!”马林拍了拍自己的脑袋,觉得自己钻死胡同了.

Lemon leaves and lemons are of the same origin. Although the ingredients are not as good as lemon fruit, many of them are still very similar. Moreover, in later generations, I even heard that green tea leaves contain vitamin C, let alone lemon leaves.

Even Marin suspected that as long as the green leaves are soaked in water, vitamin C can be produced, but the content varies. As for black tea, the lack of vitamin C is because the tea leaves are fried by fire, which destroys the vitamin C inside.

刚才还很沮丧的马林,瞬间兴奋了.于是,他开始指挥科勒,去和当地的果农,购买青嫩的柠檬树叶……

果农们一听,开始时纷纷拒绝.开什么玩笑?你把术业摘走了,果树不能光合作用了(这一点他们不懂),还长个P的柠檬果啊?

但是,马林随手抓出一把金币,这些果农立马跪了……

要知道,整个果园,就算柠檬大丰收,也卖不到一把金币啊!

So, Malin, who paid enough money, successfully picked all the lemon leaves in the orchard. Then, Malin and the fruit farmers borrowed the site to dry the leaves. Because the tender leaves cannot be preserved and can only be dried. Although the vitamin C loss after drying is a lot, it is much better than fried black tea or something. Soak it in hot water, and there are still many vitamin C.

Afterwards, Marin led his men to sweep several lemon orchards and picked all the lemon leaves in the orchard. It became a strange story in the Genea countryside. He said he was a stupid German man who didn't buy lemons, but he liked to eat lemon leaves. He bought so many...

马林把这些柠檬树叶摘下来后,一律晒干,还雇佣当地农民,帮他把晒干的柠檬树叶切碎了,装进了麻袋里……

此时的柠檬树叶,早已面目全非.麻袋里装着的,是成堆的暗绿色碎末.除了马林的手下,其他人任谁也看不出这玩意到底是啥……

Marin looked at the dark green crumbs in the sack and laughed—Hehe, ask you to compete with me for maritime trade! All your crew members will die, my crew members will not have scurvy!
Chapter completed!