The Rise of the European Emperor

Kong Tai did not know that the bottle of "sterilization powder" in his collection was prepared by Marin for Queen Anne of France. Otherwise, he would definitely be too scared to stand still.

That is the queen of France! To sterilize the queen of France is to sterilize the French royal family! If the French knew that Marin was going to do this, they would have to hang out with him. Just like in future generations, you gave the old American president's wife a poison test? It's bound to start a war. Because, you hit a country in the face.

It is precisely because of this that although Marin has long planned to obtain similar drugs from Daming, he is not worried about letting his subordinates do it. Because, once this matter leaks out, the Grand Duchy of Beihai will definitely not be able to walk away. Therefore, although I occasionally mentioned something to Kong Tai before, when Kong Tai set off, Marin hesitated again and again, and did not tell Kong Tai to do this. Because, Marin knew very well what kind of storm it would cause if it leaked out at this time. Moreover, Marin planned to find this medicine in person when he went to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute in the future, in order to keep it secret.

Even when Kong Tai brought the medicine back to Europe, Marin's first reaction when he got the medicine was not to reward Kong Tai, but to silence him... Fortunately, Kong Tai was tight-lipped and didn't mention it to anyone or to Columbus. Said to dedicate this medicine to Marin. Otherwise, Kong Taizhen will be silenced...

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Of course, that won't happen until the Columbus fleet returns to Europe. And now in the mainland of Europe, Marin is looking at the dish in front of him in surprise - boiled peanuts... and, especially, there are peppers...

"I'm a big grass! There is such an operation!" Marin looked at the pot of boiled peanuts with a spicy flavor in front of him in surprise.

Everyone knows that peanuts and peppers are native to America. Although it is said that later generations jumped out and said that Huaxia is also the origin of peanuts, and also took out the so-called fossil peanuts. But those were all discoveries in the 1960s and 1970s or 1980s. However, Marin read an article saying that after the international academic community sequenced the peanut genome in 2014, it was found that the peanut is a hybrid variety. Its two parents, the vine peanut and the Tarija peanut, originate in Bolivia, South America, and Tarija. Paraguay to northern Argentina. Anyway, no genes from other regions have been detected.

Moreover, Marin believes that in the environment of the great movement in China in the 1960s and 1970s and the environment in which qigong could be regarded as a scientific research in the 1980s, the research results obtained are difficult to convince. Even, this kind of behavior is a bit like a stick-to bring everything to their ancestors...

As for those "peanuts" that were found, Marin believes that they should be carbides of some plant seeds that look more like peanuts. Another point is that if peanuts are really native to China, they will definitely not be unknown in history.

However, in history, before the Ming Dynasty, although there was a record of the name of the plant called "groundnut", it was only said that the fruit was "shaped like a taro", and it was taken with a single stroke.

But peanuts are definitely a very important species in the history of gastronomy,

Since the middle and late Ming Dynasty, in the Qing Dynasty, peanuts have almost been praised as the altar of the food industry. Not only have god dishes like Kung Pao Chicken appeared, but peanuts alone are also standard for drinking old wine. As long as a plate of peanuts, an alcoholic can drink a lot, without any other side dishes.

But before the Ming Dynasty, there had never been a delicacy called peanuts. With the characteristics that Chinese people eat everything that flies in the sky, runs on the ground, and swims in the water, this is completely unreasonable...

Therefore, Marin concluded that there may have been plants similar to peanuts in ancient China, but it was by no means an overbearing delicacy like peanuts...

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It's too far, now Marin, although he is happily eating boiled and spicy peanuts, but his heart is screaming "destroyed things"...

As a gourmet, Marin knows that the best way to eat peanuts is fried peanuts with salt and pepper!

A plate of fried peanuts, a bottle of Erguotou... Nima, the more you drink, the more delicious it is...

Marin is not an alcoholic, but he knows that there are too many alcoholics in China later that drink like this. At this moment, in his heart, what he thinks is not eating fried peanuts and drinking old wine, but thinking of Maozi and other East European Slavs eating fried peanuts and drinking rye Erguotou... Abu, yes whisky……

"If we introduce fried peanuts with whisky, the sales will be better..." Marin thought of eating boiled peanuts...

These peanuts were brought back by Gollard, the guard responsible for the development of Panama. When he led a group of black slaves to cut down the forests of Panama to open up the road to the Pacific Ocean, Gollard also tried to make contact with the local Indians. And these peanuts were obtained from the trade between Gollard and the local Indians. As for what to replace? Needless to say... it's definitely table salt...

Moreover, the local Indians, as well as peppers, were also traded with Gollard. When Gollard ate it, he felt that the boiled peanuts made by the local Indians were good. Exactly, because the road has not been completed for a long time, Gollard is a little anxious.

You know, he is not a direct descendant of Marin. Even among the guards, he was not close to Marin before. In order to prevent Marin from being replaced by his governorship, Gollard decided to please Marin-so he exchanged salt and local natives for a few sacks of peanuts and a bag of peppers, and sent them back to the mainland. The cook was dispatched to make Marin a pot of boiled peanuts with peppers...

After Marin started to eat, the cook sent by Gollard also came to introduce to Marin-this is a rare local product in Panama, and it is delicious...

As a result, Marin drove away the cook with disgust on his face--Nima, what a shame! Such a waste of good food!

So, Marin personally came to the kitchen and decided to make his own fried peanuts...

However, when he came to the kitchen, Marin suddenly found that he didn't have salt and pepper in his hand...

Salt and pepper is the product of mixed processing of Chinese prickly ash and salt, which is very fragrant. However, there are apparently no peppercorns in Europe...

So, Marin can only do the next best thing - replace the peppercorns with pepper... As a result, after a taste, it seems to have a different flavor...

Then, Chef Ma personally poured soybean oil into the pot. Without heating, he immediately added peanuts. After the pot was heated, there was a "crackling" sound in the pot. At the same time, there was a sound of "crackling". very strong aroma...

Feeling that the heat was almost over, Marin sprinkled in the special edition salt and pepper prepared with pepper and table salt, and a plate of fragrant fried peanuts came out of the pot...

When Marin took this plate of steaming peanuts and wanted to go back to the bedroom to enjoy it alone, he didn't expect that little Caesar, who was running around the palace, smelled the fragrance. So, the cute little Caesar ran to Marin, looked up at the plate in Marin's hand, kept drooling, and shouted "Baba, I want to eat"...

Then, the two of them just finished off a plate of peanuts... When they left, Little Caesar didn't forget to lick the salt-and-pepper oil on his hands...

Seemingly unsatisfactory, Marin went to the kitchen to fry a plate of fried peanuts. This time, he not only put in the special version of salt and pepper, but also added some chili, which makes it more exciting...

Before, Little Caesar ate a small half plate of fried peanuts, and he was probably full, so Marin planned to enjoy it alone...

During dinner, Marin solemnly recommended the fried peanuts to Angela and Ferris... Then, at dinner time, the plate of fried peanuts would not be his share...

The next day, the famous dish of fried peanuts spread to the palace. Kahn, the greedy man, came to rub a little, and then bragged all over the world how delicious the fried peanuts are...

At first glance, Marin didn't have to push his own hands to hype it, so he simply invited Schwartz, Jeffrey and other bigwigs to hold a "food seminar" about fried peanuts... At the banquet, what dishes did Marin have? No preparation, just prepared the pure salt and pepper flavored fried peanuts and the spicy fried peanuts. Then, unify with rye Erguotou - whisky...

After this feast, the famous dish of fried peanuts became a legend in the upper class of Beihai Kingdom...

"Maybe, people should promote peanut planting..." Marin thought for a while, and added a sentence on the plan - to promote the planting of peanuts...

Afterwards, he thought again—if such good food is presented to the arrogant boy in Zhengde, it will definitely win his favor, and will it increase his confidence in becoming a chieftain of the Ming Dynasty? Also, chili is a good tribute...

Of course, chili alone is not attractive. However, pair it with a Sichuan-style hot pot, or stir-fry a Sichuan-style double-cooked pork... Maybe it's more conducive to the promotion of chili peppers... Marin kept writing and drawing on his notebook...