readx; Chapter 424 What kind of cigarettes are sold in Humen (I can't think of a more reason, you can give a reason!) Is there a red one?! ）

"What did Mr. Liu say about this?" Lin Zexu looked at Liu Fei and asked. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Oh, it's easy, I came across something on the way here." Liu Fei glanced at Lin Zexu lightly, and then directly gave what happened on the way he came, when Liu Fei finished, he noticed that Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen's faces changed, what were the two of them thinking Liu Fei didn't want to know, but Liu Fei could guess.

"I don't know, after listening to these things about me, what do you think, Lord Lin?" Liu Fei glanced at Lin Zexu and asked.

"Mr. Liu, you are also a hegemon, and you are just bullying that the weapons in your hands are stronger than others, no different from those foreigners." Lin Zexu looked at Liu Fei and sneered.

"Haha." Liu Fei laughed out loud directly.

"What are you laughing at?"

"I laugh at you, Lord Lin, so true, is it possible that Lord Lin, do you think there is any so-called etiquette and morality between countries? Throughout Chinese history, which of those dynasties that perished was not destroyed in front of the so-called etiquette and morality? The so-called thinking of the upper kingdom thinks that ordinary countries think this way, because they are not civilized, their thinking is problematic, and if they are not civilized, we will help them to civilize, and they will not be reasonable, but we cannot but reason with them. Lord Lin, do you think that's the case? Liu Fei sneered and asked directly.

"Yes, Lord Lin, you're right, but haven't these histories taught you a word yet? When the enemy reasoned with you, it was because your fist was bigger than theirs, so they would reason with you, don't be in Guangzhou, Lord Lin, you haven't seen this yet, this foreigner in Guangzhou, have you reasoned with Lord Lin? If they were reasonable, they wouldn't sell opium, a harmful thing, at all! Liu Fei said coldly.

Lin Zexu fell silent, there are some things that he doesn't know, but what, Chinese Confucianism is simply deadly, or the so-called Confucianism is something that every ruler makes up in order to rule the ordinary people below. The most typical is the Song Dynasty, when the Song Dynasty's scientific and technological strength could be the world's leading, but what about a disadvantage of the Song Dynasty?

Even if it is a military attache of the first rank, he must bow his head when he sees the civil official of the fourth grade! And what will those civil servants do? In addition to writing some articles, and also writing some articles, will you be able to fight? This was the result of the Song Dynasty's promotion of several schools of Confucianism. What about the Yuan Dynasty? Although the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty were uneducated and brutal, Genghis Khan of the Yuan Dynasty directly trampled the iron horses on Europe and let the war horses drink water in the Mediterranean. Even in later modern times, Europeans remember Genghis Khan deeply.

That's the big fist! If the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty at that time were not so brainless and knew a little bit about the means of governance, it is estimated that there would be nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty.

"Mr. Liu is here, he won't be here to debate these things with me, right?" Lin Zexu was silent for a moment before he spoke in a deep voice.

"Of course not, I'm here to do a business with you, Lord Lin." Liu Fei said lightly.

"What business?" Lin Zexu looked at Liu Fei and asked a little strangely, he is an official and not a businessman, what kind of business do you do with him.

"It's very simple, Lord Lin, are you going to sell cigarettes in Humen?" Liu Fei glanced at Lin Zexu, and then asked.

"How do you know?!" Lin Zexu stood up directly, Liu Fei came from the sea, but he knew such news, who knew what else Liu Fei knew about confidential things.

"Lord Lin, your smoking ban has not just begun, and it is not difficult to know such news, it is a good thing to ban smoking, and to be honest, I admire you very much, Lord Lin, but what, what kind of cigarettes are you selling in Humen? Burn some quilts. Liu Fei smiled and shook his head.

"What do you mean?" Lin Zexu's face was ugly.

"It's not interesting, I mean, Lord Lin, I bought all the opium you confiscated in your hands." Liu Fei said very simply

"Haha, I thought you were trying to do something, it turned out to be this idea, I, Lin Zexu, had sworn to the current saint before I came to Guangzhou, and I would not smoke when I came to Guangzhou, and I Lin Zexu's head would be sent back to the capital by others." Lin Zexu sneered twice, bowed to the north, and then continued, "Mr. Liu, you still have to die of this heart, if you want to threaten with force, then I, Lin Zexu, will wait on the shore." ”

"Lord Lin, I think you misunderstood." Liu Fei shook his head slightly, this is really not waiting for anyone to finish speaking.

"Misunderstanding what? Don't you want to buy the opium in my hand? Lin Zexu looked at Liu Fei and asked with a sneer.

"That's right, I want to buy it, but Lord Lin, I want to tell you another thing, just before I came, a ship under my command just shipped me back 1,200 tons of gold! That is, a full 30 million taels of gold, how much is equivalent to silver, don't you need me to tell Lord Lin? Liu Fei said lightly.

The number spit out of Liu Fei's mouth shocked Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen, what is the concept of 30 million taels of gold? Now the exchange ratio of gold and silver in the Qing Dynasty is about 1:15, that is, it is exactly 4. 500 million taels of silver! This is equivalent to several years of tax revenue in the Qing Dynasty!

"Do you want to know where this gold came from?" Liu Fei asked again.

"Selling opium?" Lin Zexu's head reacted quickly, since Liu Fei had mentioned opium and gold before, he naturally contacted it immediately.

"Yes, I came by selling opium, and I can tell you very bluntly, this is the income within two years, that is, within two years, I sold opium and sold 30 million taels of gold, so Lord Lin, do you think I can sell so much from Guangzhou City or other territories of the Qing Dynasty?" Liu Fei asked with a sneer.

"I can't." Lin Zexu shook his head very dryly, and then squinted at Liu Fei and said, "What do you want." ”

"It's nothing, I just thought, I sold this opium to England." Liu Fei said lightly.

Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen didn't speak, but the two of them were made by Liu Fei's words and stood up directly from the chair, and then the two looked at each other again, Liu Fei looked at the two, and then asked with a smile: "Don't believe it?" ”

"I believe that since Lord Lin and Lord Deng are in the acre of three points of land in Guangzhou City, then some things circulating at sea should not be unknown, and the two adults are also members of the imperial court, and they will not be ignorant of some things about European foreigners. Moreover, in the Qing Dynasty, tobacco was sold, and I believe that if you want to investigate, it will be easy to investigate, so whether I sell it here or not, the two of you also know it in their hearts, so the question is. Liu Fei snapped his fingers before he said with a smile.

"1,000,000 taels of gold, I bought these opiums, and I can tell them very clearly that I will sell them to England, what do you think? It's a pity that these tobacco soils will be burned when they are burned, and since the British dare to sell them in, I will dare to sell them back. Liu Fei said with a sneer.

Liu Fei didn't know how much opium Lin Zexu had in his hands, but according to historical data, Lin Zexu destroyed about 1.2 million kilograms of opium in Humen, that is, about 1,200 tons of opium, and it takes about 10 kilograms of opium to purify No. 4 from opium, and 1 kilogram of high-purity No. 4 can be purified from 1 kilogram of high-purity No. 4, that is, so much opium can be purified from 120 tons of No. 4, and about one-thirtieth of gold can be bought with 120 tons of high-purity No. 4.

Considering that Michael exchanged 270 tons for more than 1,000 tons of gold, Liu Fei felt that this transaction could be done, and the reason why he gave Lin Zexu gold was because Liu Fei knew that the other party could not give you opium for no reason.

"With so much gold, how many warships can be built, how many weapons can be bought, and how many troops can be armed, believe that I don't need to tell Lord Lin about you, right? And if Lord Lin implements the cigarette ban, the British government will definitely not give up, if the British government's fleet comes, does Lord Lin think that there is a fleet that can resist now? Liu Fei threw out another question.

"Of course, Lord Lin knows the significance of selling cigarettes in Humen, and I know it too! So I didn't want Lord Lin to sell cigarettes in Humen, but to destroy some of them, and the other part directly stole the beams and changed the pillars, so that the political goal was achieved, and in exchange for enough funds to arm the fleet and army, resist the possible next attack of the British, and sell opium to the British, such a win-win-win thing, I believe Lord Lin should make a suitable choice, right? Liu Fei said with a smile.

Although Lin Zexu seemed to be very loyal to the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Fei believed that Lin Zexu was not a person who did not know how to be flexible. ”

"Poof" Liu Fei was directly choked by his own saliva, and then he waved his hand for a long time and said: "Between countries, I believe that Lord Lin, you won't be so pedantic, right?" Do you believe that those ordinary British people came to China and immediately had a robber face? ”

After the concession comes out in the future, will such things happen less? Of course, there may be good people, but there are too few.

"We have to think about this, but in the matter of gold, I'm afraid 1 million taels is not enough, right?" Lin Zexu looked at Liu Fei and said.

"Lord Lin, I am a person who talks about business in good faith, and Lord Lin, Lord Deng, you go to Nanyang to inquire about what I have done, you know, I have no hatred for the Qing government, I treat any Chinese with sincerity, this price I have given Lord Lin your greatest sincerity, to tell the truth, I am a descendant of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, I am still the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I give Lord Lin you a million taels of gold, it is already equivalent to my enemy who is funding me, I believe that Lord Lin should not embezzle this gold, right?" Didn't it fall into the hands of Daoguang in the end? But what can he do with it? Repair the Old Summer Palace? Summer palace? Saying this, Liu Fei sneered.

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The eighteenth watch!

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