King of German Mercenaries

After leaving Milan, Marin and his party continued south, preparing to go to the Republic of Genoa. As for why he went to Genoa, Marin lost his search for lemons.

As a lover of great sailing, Marin knew very well that in the 18th century, the British discovered that drinking lemon tea can prevent scurvy. A few drops of lemon juice in fresh water can also make it go bad in a week. Bottled fresh water will not go bad for a month or two.

A friend of Marin's previous life was a fat man who liked to drink dried lemon water. Although the fat man's flesh has not been reduced much, it has some effect. Moreover, the lemon dry soaked in water Marin has been drunk, and it is bitter and astringent, and it is difficult to drink. However, soaking lemons in water can indeed supplement vitamins and prolong the time of freshwater deterioration.

Genoa is the place in Italy where lemon cultivation first started, around the beginning of the 15th century. Today, although other parts of Italy are also starting to grow lemons, the scale of planting is completely incomparable to Genoa.

So, Marin went to Genoa to see if there were any dried lemons that the farmers had in reserve, so he could buy a batch. Sailors can also prevent scurvy by drinking dried lemons in water.

You know, sailing scurvy is really terrible in this day and age. Da Gama's fleet, 4 ships killed two people when they returned home, including Da Gama's younger brother. And these sailors, basically died of scurvy.

So, as long as the scurvy is overcome, and then there is no unfortunate encounter with a storm or a reef, the voyage survival rate is still quite high. As for other diseases, I don't have much to worry about. Because sailors' bodies are stronger than ordinary people, they are less prone to common diseases.

Marin took the team, crossed the Po River, went all the way south, left the territory of the Principality of Milan, and soon arrived in Genoa. In Milan, however, the chaos turned into a pot of porridge.

Da Vinci was a very favored member of the court. You must know that when Bianca Maria Sforza married Maximilian I, Da Vinci presided over the related affairs. His disappearance greatly annoyed the Duke of Milan.

A large number of soldiers searched the villa where Da Vinci lived, and the nearby clues. But that's useless, because, in this era, professional police have not yet emerged, and there are no powerful detectives. In addition, Marin is also a modern person who has read a lot of detective novels, and pays great attention to anti-reconnaissance. Even when he took Da Vinci out of the city, Marin and his subordinates showed no signs of panic.

Moreover, to enter the city of Milan, Marin also used forged identification. As for how to fake it? It's too simple - radish stamp...

In a previous life, one of Marin's high school classmates did not go to university, and later started a business of false certificates. Marin thought it was fun for a while, so he and this classmate learned to carve radish stamps for a while, and he learned a lot. Therefore, using radish forged a batch of parchment identity certificates based on the identity certificates of other German merchants, and also forged official seals in the territory of Shinra. As far as the little officers guarding the city in the Middle Ages were concerned, there was no problem at all. Even if it is inferred that they have problems, they can only track down the so-called "German businessmen".

Therefore, Marin didn't worry about the matter and himself, and walked on the official road with his subordinates swaggeringly. Moreover, this group of people are either riding horses or driving cars, and they are moving very fast.

After entering Genoa, Marin began to send people to inquire about lemon plantations, ready to buy dried lemons. It's early May and there are definitely no fresh lemons on the market. So Marin can only seek to buy the dried lemons left by growers last year.

However, after asking several plantations in a row, there is no remaining dried lemon. Because it seems that lemons are becoming popular in the Genoa region, resulting in good sales of lemons, and also sold to other parts of Italy.

Marin was distressed that dried lemon was something he wanted very much. Because, without lemons, sailing is too dangerous. It would be a big loss if the important sailors died of scurvy.

However, there must be no fresh lemons at the moment. If you want lemons, you have to wait for the autumn lemon harvest season. But,

Da Gama is leaving in July. Marin was unable to obtain a complete set of nautical hydrographic data on the west coast of Africa, and had to send the stern to Da Gama. So, something to prevent scurvy must be available before July.

In a lemon plantation, after the acquisition of dried lemons failed again, Marin bored a lemon leaf and put it in his mouth to chew...

This is a quirk left by Marin's previous life. When I was bored and thought about problems, I liked to pinch off a leaf or blade of grass and put it in my mouth to chew and play...

A bitter taste suddenly came from his mouth, pulling Marin's spirit back. Marlin was stunned suddenly...

He vaguely remembered that the sailors of the British Empire later did not drink it with dried lemons, which was a treatment reserved for officers. Ordinary sailors simply drink lemon leaf water, which is much more low-end...

"Yeah, these lemon leaves are also good!" Marin patted his head, feeling that he had reached a dead end.

Lemon leaves and lemons have the same origin, although the composition is not as good as lemon fruit, but many components are still very similar. Moreover, in later generations, I even heard that green tea leaves contain vitamin C, let alone lemon leaves.

Even Marin suspects that as long as a green leaf is soaked in water, vitamin C can be soaked, but the content is different. As for black tea and the like, the lack of vitamin C is because the tea has been fried with fire, destroying the vitamin C in it.

Marin, who was still very depressed just now, was instantly excited. So, he started directing Kohler to go and buy green lemon leaves with the local fruit grower...

When the fruit farmers heard it, they all refused at first. What are you kidding? You picked the art, the fruit trees can't photosynthesize (they don't understand this), and you still have a P lemon fruit?

However, when Marin grabbed a handful of gold coins, these fruit farmers immediately knelt down...

You know, the entire orchard, even if there is a bumper harvest of lemons, will not be able to sell a handful of gold coins!

So, after paying enough money, Marin successfully picked off the lemon leaves from the orchard. Then, Marin and the fruit farmers also borrowed the field to dry the leaves. Because young leaves cannot be preserved, they can only be dried in the sun. Although there is a lot of vitamin C loss after drying, it is still much better than fried black tea. Soak in hot water, there is still a lot of vitamin C.

After that, Marin led people to sweep several lemon orchards and picked all the lemon leaves in the orchards, which became a legend in the Genoa countryside for a while. Said to be a stupid German who doesn't buy lemons, but likes to eat lemon leaves, and buys many, many...

Marin picked these lemon leaves, dried them all, and hired local farmers to help him chop up the dried lemon leaves and put them in sacks...

At this time, the lemon leaves have already changed beyond recognition. Inside the sack were piles of dark green crumbs. Except for Marin's subordinates, no one else can see what this thing is...

Marin looked at the dark green bits in the sack and laughed—hehe, I asked you to compete with me in sea trade! Die to your crew, my crew must not have scurvy!

Before leaving, Marin made three orders to his subordinates, and repeatedly stressed that the secret that these broken pieces were lemon leaves should not be revealed, otherwise the military law would never be lenient...

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