Chapter 5 Taking a bath at the hotel
After getting 1,100 Finneys, Marin immediately found a hotel and stayed in. In the past two days, he hadn't slept in bed and felt very uncomfortable.
However, the hotels in Bonn City are quite expensive, and a single room costs 10 Finneys a night. In a small hotel in the town, one or two Finneys a night is enough.
However, people are worth the money. At least, the hotels in the town are so dirty. These days, there are no mandatory hygiene requirements. Generally, cheap hotels are very dirty and smelly. Even the quilts covered inside have a bad smell (this is the memory left by his ex-Marin Hoffmann's stay in a country hotel). Although the hygiene in Bonn City cannot be compared with the hotels in later generations, at least there is no strange smell inside. It seems that the owner is still paying attention to cleaning.
After handing over the second-hand war between Macar to the doorman and led it to the horse house in the backyard, Malin asked the hotel owner for a large oak barrel and a few basins of hot water - obviously, Malin wanted to take a shower...
Although it is early spring, you can take a bath every few days. What scares Marin is that his ex-Marin is a devout Catholic. Under the propaganda of some bastard bishops, many believe that bathing can lead to illness. Therefore, many Catholics do not take baths for many years. For example, the famous Sun King Louis XIV, who was reigned for 72 years, only took baths seven times. Then, this lover fainted from the strange smell on his body on the bed...
Well, the above is a complaint about the Sun King. In this era, people in high positions, especially kings, dukes, etc., are most afraid of death. Some bishops of the second rituals said that if they take a bath, people will easily die from illness. Therefore, people who are afraid of death will not take a bath. However, for example, the Knights like the Hoffman family who are ready to die at any time are not so afraid of death. However, out of religious belief, the Hoffman family cannot wash several times a year.
Bathing. According to the ex's memory, the Hoffman family usually takes more baths in summer and autumn. Because when knight training is in summer, sweat too much, and it is impossible not to wash. In the autumn harvest season, rye is sweating a lot (the Hoffman family went to the fields to participate in the autumn harvest), and they also need to take a bath. As for other seasons, the climate in Europe is cool. Therefore, the Hoffman family takes less baths in the rest of the seasons.
For example, it is the end of March now. Komalin "remembered" that his body was about the shower before Christmas...
"Oh my God, I can't even feel like I'm stinking these two days!" Marin was shocked...
In fact, it is not surprising that Marin has been busy thinking about how to survive and how to consider hygiene? Moreover, it is difficult for ordinary people to find the strange smell on their bodies unless they are too smelly...
Resisting the urge to vomit, Marin waited for the large oak barrels and hot water sent by the hotel guy. Then, Marin began to take a bath in the room...
This hotel is run by Jews. The Jews do not believe in Catholicism, and many of them travel between Europe and the Middle East and are well-informed. In the Middle East, especially in Turkey, bathing is very popular, and the hammam is very famous. Therefore, Jewish hotels are generally cleaner than local hotels, and they also provide hot water to make people take a bath. Of course, the treacherous Jews are also a little more expensive in charge.
Entering the big oak barrel, because there was no soap (in fact, in Europe, there were soaps sold in this era, but they were relatively expensive, and they cost 10 fenis, which were generally affordable only by nobles and rich people.), Marin had to rub his body with his hands to remove dirt. He didn't know how to wipe one hand and get dirt...
Young people have a relatively strong metabolism, and if they don’t take a bath for more than three months, the dirt is naturally very thick, like a layer of skin. Fortunately, Malin took a shower in time, which made him feel refreshed and he felt that his weight had been reduced by several pounds...
But after taking a shower, Marin discovered something troublesome again - he did not change his clothes cleanly...
However, it is no wonder that the medieval Europeans were already sloppy, and the original owner of this body was just a 16-year-old boy, so where could he take care of himself? Therefore, there were only a few dirty clothes in the clothes package...
In desperation, Malin changed into one of the cleanest sets. Then, he walked out of the hotel, and under the guidance of the hotel owner, he came to a tailor shop...
Obviously, Marin wanted to buy clothes. But the price of ready-made clothes was also shocked by Marin - a set of ordinary clothes made of linen actually cost 15 Finneys, and the wool cloth was even more expensive, costing more than 30 Finneys. You should know that in this year, ordinary people only earn 2 Finneys per day. Craftsmen only earn 3 Finneys a day. 15 Finneys are almost equivalent to the salary of a strong man working for 7 and a half days.
Fortunately, Marin had a huge red deer before and had enough money. Otherwise, he would not be able to afford a set of clothes. Marin, who originally planned to buy a few more sets of clothes for changing clothes, only bought two sets of linen to take them back.
After returning to the hotel, the dirty and a little worn out clothes in the bag were originally planned to throw away. But now, Marin silently picked up the wooden basin and went to the water well to wash clothes...
During dinner, Marin spent 6 Finneys, ordered a piece of black bread and a roast goose, and had a big meal. However, Europeans had a poor cooking talent. A good roast goose had no taste, only salty flavor...
It is no wonder that these days, the voyage has just begun, and Europeans have not occupied the spice production areas of Southeast Asia. Therefore, the price of spices in Europe is comparable to gold and are very rare. Generally, only nobles and rich people will add spices such as ginger, large ingredients, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. When ordinary people eat meat, it is good to add some salt. It is said that in Russia, which believes in Orthodoxism, the highest etiquette for entertaining distinguished guests is to serve white bread and salt made of wheat...
Eating the tasteless roast goose, Malin began to have a big idea again - if he relied on his half-baked Chinese cooking skills to open a Chinese restaurant in Europe in this era, it would be better than a fortune... Malin fell into YY...
But soon after, he woke up again. This era is not an era of rule of law. Yes, his cooking skills in Chinese cuisine can certainly make the business prosperous in a short period of time and make Europeans swallow their tongues. However, the secret recipe for cooking will inevitably be coveted by others. And it is difficult for him to protect himself.
The reason is very simple. The era of aristocrats in the Middle Ages. In this era, aristocrats took everything and common people's lives were like grass. If they had mastered the secret recipe for cooking but had no status, then any aristocrat would dare to send someone to arrest him, and then torture him severely to obtain the "secret recipe". Then, in order to monopolize the market, the aristocrat might restrict his freedom, and might even kill him...
After watching "The Scheming of the Palace" and "The Legend of Zhen Huan", Ma Lin, who thought of this, couldn't help but have a cold war all over her body - it's so terrible...
Chapter completed!